Rantasalmi

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Municipality in Southern Savonia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Rantasalmi in Finland

Coordinates: 62°04′N 028°18′E / 62.067°N 28.300°E / 62.067; 28.300Country

FinlandRegionSouthern SavoniaSub-regionPieksämäki sub-regionCharter1578Government

• Municipal managerKristiina JärvenpääArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total925.20 km² (357.22 sq mi) • Land559.53 km² (216.04 sq mi) • Water366.61 km² (141.55 sq mi) • Rank153rd largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total3,297 • Rank208th largest in Finland • Density5.89/km² (15.3/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish94.1% (official) • Swedish0.2% • Others5.7%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1411.4% • 15 to 6453% • 65 or older35.6%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.rantasalmi.fi

Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, 43 kilometres (27 mi) northwest of Savonlinna and 92 kilometres (57 mi) northeast of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of 3,297 (31 December 2023)^[6] and covers an area of 925.20 square kilometres (357.22 sq mi) of which 366.61 km² (141.55 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 5.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.3/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Joroinen, Juva, Savonlinna, Sulkava and Varkaus.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Some villages

Asikkala, Osikonmäki, Putkisalo, Rantasalo, Torasalo, Tornioniemi, Tuusmäki and Vaahersalo.

Notable people

Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950), a Finnish–American architect was born in Rantasalmi.
Laura Netzel (1839-1927), pianist, composer and conductor
Jukka Lehtonen (born 1982), volleyball player
Jarkko Immonen (born 1982), ice hockey player
Lauri Kaukonen (1902-1975), Secretariate Counsellor

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.