Rantasalmi
Rantasalmi | |
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Municipality | |
| Rantasalmen kunta Rantasalmi kommun | |
Rantasalmi centre | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Rantasalmi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°04′N 028°18′E / 62.067°N 28.300°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Southern Savonia |
| Sub-region | Savonlinna |
| 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 (2025-03-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,235 |
| • Rank | 208th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 5.78/km2 (15.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 93.5% (official) |
| • Others | 6.5% |
| 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 |
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 3,235 (31 March 2025)[6] 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 5.78 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.0/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Joroinen, Juva, Savonlinna, Sulkava and Varkaus.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Some villages
Asikkala, Osikonmäki, Putkisalo, Rantasalo, Torasalo, Tornioniemi, Tuusmäki and Vaahersalo.
Notable people
- Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950), a Finnish–American architect was born in Rantasalmi.
- Laura Netzel (1839-1927), pianist, composer and conductor
- Jukka Lehtonen (born 1982), volleyball player
- Jarkko Immonen (born 1982), ice hockey player
- Lauri Kaukonen (1902-1975), Secretariate Counsellor
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,640,437 at the end of March 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-25. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
- ^ "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
External links
Media related to Rantasalmi at Wikimedia Commons Rantasalmi travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Rantasalmi – Official website (in Finnish)