Rantasalmi
Municipality in Southern Savonia, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Municipality in Southern Savonia, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, 43 kilometres (27 mi) northwest of Savonlinna and 92 kilometres (57 mi) northeast of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of 3,297 (31 December 2023)[5] and covers an area of 925.20 square kilometres (357.22 sq mi) of which 366.61 km2 (141.55 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.3/sq mi).
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Rantasalmi | |
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Municipality | |
Rantasalmen kunta Rantasalmi kommun | |
Coordinates: 62°04′N 028°18′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Southern Savonia |
Sub-region | Pieksämäki sub-region |
Charter | 1578 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Kristiina Järvenpää |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 925.20 km2 (357.22 sq mi) |
• Land | 559.53 km2 (216.04 sq mi) |
• Water | 366.61 km2 (141.55 sq mi) |
• Rank | 153rd largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,297 |
• Rank | 208th largest in Finland |
• Density | 5.89/km2 (15.3/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 94.1% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.2% |
• Others | 5.7% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 11.4% |
• 15 to 64 | 53% |
• 65 or older | 35.6% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www |
Neighbouring municipalities are Joroinen, Juva, Savonlinna, Sulkava and Varkaus.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Asikkala, Osikonmäki, Putkisalo, Rantasalo, Torasalo, Tornioniemi, Tuusmäki and Vaahersalo.
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