| Sotkamo | |||
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| — Municipality — | |||
| Sotkamon kunta | |||
| Church of Sotkamo | |||
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| Location of Sotkamo in Finland | |||
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| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Kainuu | ||
| Sub-region | Kajaani sub-region | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipality manager | Petri Kauppinen | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 2,952.11 km2 (1,139.8 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 2,649.50 km2 (1,023 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 302.61 km2 (116.8 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 20th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2011-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 10,691 | ||
| • Rank | 95th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 4.04/km2 (10.5/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 98.6% (official) | ||
| • Others | 1.3% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 16.1% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 64% | ||
| • 65 or older | 19.9% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% | ||
| Urbanisation | 55.8% | ||
| Unemployment rate | 16.7% | ||
| Website | www.sotkamo.fi | ||
Sotkamo is a municipality of Finland, located in the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 10,691 (31 January 2011)[2] and covers an area of 2,952.11 square kilometres (1,139.82 sq mi) of which 302.61 km2 (116.84 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.5 /sq mi).
Vuokatti, west of Sotkamo, is a popular skiing resort. The Hiidenportti National Park is located in the municipality.
In sports, Sotkamo is known for its Finnish baseball team, Sotkamon Jymy.
One of the major landmarks of Sotkamo is the sandy beach of Hiukka, which locates by the lake Iso Sapsojärvi, just beside the Sotkamo center.
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Sotkamo has grown beside a water route formed by a continuous band of lakes and rivers. Half of the water runs to the White Sea and the other half to the Baltic Sea. The so called "Sotkamo route" was one of the most important commercial water routes in the past. It made it possible for the Russians to navigate their commercial vessels through a curly and labyrinth-like water route deep from the Russian inland all the way to the Baltic Sea. The same water route has been used by soldiers of Russia, Sweden and Denmark to rob and ravage this remote countryside for centuries. The name Sotkamo comes either from the Finnish word "sotku" which means a mess and refers to the obscure water route or from the word "sotka" which was a general name for water birds in ancient Finnish.
During the 19th century Sotkamo was visited by notable Finnish artists such as Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Hugo Simberg.
On November 17, 2007 first pictures of the Kern arc were made in the town of Sotkamo by Marko Mikkilä.
Alasotkamo, Heinämäki, Halmetvaara, Jormaskylä, Juholankylä, Korholanmäki, Kontinjoki, Laakajärvi, Losovaara, Naapurinvaara, Nuasjärvi, Ontojoki, Paakinmäki, Pohjavaara, Riekinranta, Sipinen, Sipola, Soidinvaara, Sumsa, Suovaara, Tipasoja, Torinkylä, Tuhkakylä, Vuokatti, Ylisotkamo, Ärväänkylä, Maanselkä.
Beside tourism, mining is important for the economy of Sotkamo. Mondo Minerals BV mines talc in Lahnaslampi and the biggest unutilized nickel deposit in Europe is in Talvivaara. Talvivaara Mining Company was formed to utilize the reserves and metals production started in late 2008.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sotkamo Sotkamo] at Wikimedia Commons
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