Suomenniemi
| Suomenniemi | ||
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| Former municipality | ||
| Suomenniemen kunta | ||
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The church in Suomenniemi | ||
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 Location of Suomenniemi in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 61°19.5′N 027°27′E / 61.3250°N 27.450°ECoordinates: 61°19.5′N 027°27′E / 61.3250°N 27.450°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | South Karelia | |
| Sub-region | Lappeenranta sub-region | |
| Consolidated | 2013 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Anne Ukkonen | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • Total | 362.96 km2 (140.14 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 283.72 km2 (109.54 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 79.24 km2 (30.59 sq mi) | |
| Population (31 December 2012)[2] | ||
| • Total | 763 | |
| • Density | 2.69/km2 (7.0/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Website | www.suomenniemi.fi | |
Suomenniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Mikkeli on 1 January 2013.
It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 763 (31 December 2012)[2] and covered an area of 362.96 square kilometres (140.14 sq mi) of which 79.24 km2 (30.59 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.6893/km2 (6.965/sq mi). The municipality had the smallest population of the Finnish mainland.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3]
People born in Suomenniemi
- Wille Särkkä (1877 – 1968)
- Jalmari Rötkö (1892 – 1938)
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
External links
Media related to Suomenniemi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Suomenniemi – Official website (Finnish)
- goSaimaa.com – travel information
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