Rantasalmi
Rantasalmi | ||
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Municipality | ||
Rantasalmen kunta | ||
Rantasalmi centre | ||
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Location of Rantasalmi in Finland | ||
Coordinates: 62°04′N 028°18′E / 62.067°N 28.300°ECoordinates: 62°04′N 028°18′E / 62.067°N 28.300°E | ||
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 (2014-11-30)[2] | ||
• Total | 3,818 | |
• Rank | 214th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 6.83/km2 (17.7/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 3,818 (30 November 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 6.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (17.7/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
- Adolf Fredrik Munck, (1749 – 1831), Count Munck af Fulkila, alleged father of Gustav IV of Sweden was born in Rantasalmi
- Jukka Lehtonen (born 1982), volleyball player
- Jarkko Immonen (born 1982), ice hockey player
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
Media related to Rantasalmi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Rantasalmi – Official website (Finnish)
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