Suomenniemi

Suomenniemi
Former municipality
Suomenniemen kunta

The church in Suomenniemi

Coat of arms

Location of Suomenniemi in Finland
Coordinates: 61°19.5′N 027°27′E / 61.3250°N 27.450°E / 61.3250; 27.450Coordinates: 61°19.5′N 027°27′E / 61.3250°N 27.450°E / 61.3250; 27.450
Country Finland
Region South Karelia
Sub-region Lappeenranta sub-region
Consolidated 2013
Government
 • Municipal manager Anne Ukkonen
Area[1]
 • Total 362.96 km2 (140.14 sq mi)
 • Land 283.72 km2 (109.54 sq mi)
 • Water 79.24 km2 (30.59 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2012)[2]
 • Total 763
 • Density 2.69/km2 (7.0/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website www.suomenniemi.fi

Suomenniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Mikkeli on 1 January 2013.

It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 763 (31 December 2012)[2] and covered an area of 362.96 square kilometres (140.14 sq mi) of which 79.24 km2 (30.59 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.6893/km2 (6.965/sq mi). The municipality had the smallest population of the Finnish mainland.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3]

People born in Suomenniemi

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (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.

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