Rantasalmi

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Rantasalmi
Municipality
Rantasalmen kunta
Rantasalmi centre

Coat of arms
Location of Rantasalmi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°04′N 028°18′E / 62.067°N 28.300°E / 62.067; 28.300Coordinates: 62°04′N 028°18′E / 62.067°N 28.300°E / 62.067; 28.300
Country Finland
Region Southern Savonia
Sub-region Pieksämäki sub-region
Charter 1578
Government
  Municipal manager Kristiina Järvenpää
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 925.77 km2 (357.44 sq mi)
  Land 559.16 km2 (215.89 sq mi)
  Water 366.61 km2 (141.55 sq mi)
Area rank 120th largest in Finland
Population (2014-01-31)[2]
  Total 3,951
  Rank 214th largest in Finland
  Density 7.07/km2 (18.3/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 98.5% (official)
  Swedish 0.3%
  Others 1.2%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 13.3%
  15 to 64 61.1%
  65 or older 25.5%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.5%
Website www.rantasalmi.fi

Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 3,951 (31 January 2014)[2] and covers an area of 925.77 square kilometres (357.44 sq mi) of which 366.61 km2 (141.55 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 7.07 inhabitants per square kilometre (18.3 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people

  • Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950), a Finnish–American architect was born in Rantasalmi.
  • Laura Netzel (1839-1927), pianist, composer and conductor

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2014. 
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 

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