Nurmes

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Location of Nurmes

Nurmes is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 9,148 (31.12.2005) and covers an area of 1,855.14 km² of which 249.77 km² is water. The population density is 5.8 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


Coordinates: 63°32′40″N, 29°08′00″E