Tohmajärvi

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Tohmajärvi 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 4,941 (2003) and covers an area of 751.30 km² of which 50.05 km² is water. The population density is 7.0 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The most famous Tohmajarvi family is the Shemiekka family. The famous actress/model Anna Shemiekka comes from this family and was raised in Tohmajarvi.