Hirvensalmi

Municipality in Southern Savonia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Hirvensalmi in Finland

Coordinates: 61°38.5′N 026°47′E / 61.6417°N 26.783°E / 61.6417; 26.783Country

FinlandRegionSouthern SavoniaSub-regionMikkeli sub-regionCharter1656Government

• Municipal managerSeppo RuhanenArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total746.59 km² (288.26 sq mi) • Land465.09 km² (179.57 sq mi) • Water281.2 km² (108.6 sq mi) • Rank186th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,062 • Rank255th largest in Finland • Density4.43/km² (11.5/sq mi)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish96.5% (official) • Swedish0.5% • Others3.1%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1410.9% • 15 to 6452.1% • 65 or older37%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.hirvensalmi.fi

Hirvensalmi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,062 (31 December 2023)^[5] and covers an area of 746.59 square kilometres (288.26 sq mi) of which 281.2 km² (108.6 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.5/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities: Joutsa, Kangasniemi, Mikkeli, Mäntyharju and Pertunmaa.

Hirvensalmi is often said to be an island municipality. Most people live on the mainland, but living on an island is not unheard of. Most islands, though, are only inhabited during the summer holidays, when holidaymakers come mainly from Southern Finland and double the population of Hirvensalmi. In the north lake Puula marks the border of Hirvensalmi and Kangasniemi, and in the west lake Suontee separates it from Joutsa.

The municipality is unilingual Finnish.

Some villages

Hirvenlahti, Hirvensalmi, Hämeenmäki, Kekkola, Kilkki, Kissakoski, Kotkatvesi, Kuitula, Lahnaniemi, Lelkola, Malvaniemi, Monikkala, Noitti, Pääskynsaari, Suonsalmi, Syväsmäki, Vahvamäki, Vahvaselkä, and Väisälä.

References

^ ^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. 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.