Heinävesi | |
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Municipality | |
| Heinäveden kunta Heinävesi kommun | |
 Municipal office of Heinävesi | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Heinävesi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°25.5′N 028°38′E / 62.4250°N 28.633°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Karelia[1] |
| Sub-region | Joensuu sub-region |
| Charter | 1869 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Riitta A. Tilus |
| Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,319.58 km2 (509.49 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,029.96 km2 (397.67 sq mi) |
| • Water | 288.71 km2 (111.47 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 76th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[3] | |
| • Total | 3,001 |
| • Rank | 213th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 2.91/km2 (7.5/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 95.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.3% |
| • Others | 4.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 9.9% |
| • 15 to 64 | 51% |
| • 65 or older | 39.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.heinavesi.fi |
Heinävesi (Finnish: [ˈhei̯næˌʋesi]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia[1] region. The municipality has a population of 3,001 (31 December 2023)[3] and covers an area of 1,319.58 square kilometres (509.49 sq mi) of which 288.71 km2 (111.47 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 2.91 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.5/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Savonlinna, Varkaus, Leppävirta, Tuusniemi, Outokumpu and Liperi. The city of Joensuu is located 81 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Heinävesi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
In 2021, Heinävesi had its region reassigned from South Savonia to North Karelia.[6]
The only Orthodox Christian monasteries in Finland, the New Valamo Monastery and the Lintula Holy Trinity Convent, are located in Heinävesi.
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Notable people
- Tuomas Gerdt, last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross
- Onni Happonen, politician and murder victim
- Kuikka-Koponen (real name Abel Koponen), illusionist and magician
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Lintula Holy Trinity Convent church
References
- ^ a b "Government decided on division into regions". Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Maakunnat – Maakunta- ja sote-uudistus - Alueuudistus". Archived from the original on 22 September 2018.
External links
Media related to Heinävesi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Heinävesi – Official website
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