Tuusniemi
Appearance
Tuusniemi | |
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Municipality | |
Tuusniemen kunta Tuusniemi kommun | |
![]() Tuusniemi town hall | |
![]() Location of Tuusniemi in Finland | |
Coordinates: 62°48.5′N 028°29.5′E / 62.8083°N 28.4917°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | North Savo |
Sub-region | North Eastern Savonia |
Charter | 1870 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Timo Kiviluoma [1] |
Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 699.43 km2 (270.05 sq mi) |
• Land | 543.18 km2 (209.72 sq mi) |
• Water | 156.15 km2 (60.29 sq mi) |
• Rank | 157th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[3] | |
• Total | 2,313 |
• Rank | 244th largest in Finland |
• Density | 4.26/km2 (11.0/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 97.4% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 2.4% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 10% |
• 15 to 64 | 53.4% |
• 65 or older | 36.6% |
Time zone | UTC 02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.tuusniemi.fi |
Tuusniemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, 59 kilometres (37 mi) east of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 2,313 (31 December 2023)[3] and covers an area of 699.43 square kilometres (270.05 sq mi) of which 156.15 km2 (60.29 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 4.26 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.0/sq mi)
Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Juankoski, Kaavi, Kuopio, Leppävirta and Outokumpu.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Notable people
[edit]- Olli Miettinen (1869–1946) – politician
- Väinö Ikonen (1895–1954) – Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympian
- Antti Rissanen (born 1931) – sport shooter and Olympian
- Tuula Haatainen (born 1960) – politician
- Elisa Holopainen (born 2001) – ice hockey player and Olympic bronze medalist
References
[edit]- ^ Tuusniemen kunnanjohtajaksi Timo Kiviluoma, 5 September, 2017, Yle
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit] Media related to Tuusniemi at Wikimedia Commons
Tuusniemi travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Tuusniemi – Official website (in Finnish)