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Tuusniemi

Municipality of North Savo, Finland

Municipality in North Savo, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Tuusniemi in Finland

Coordinates: 62°48.5′N 028°29.5′E / 62.8083°N 28.4917°E / 62.8083; 28.4917Country

FinlandRegionNorth SavoSub-regionNorth Eastern SavoniaCharter1870Government

• Municipal managerTimo Kiviluoma ^[1]Area

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total699.43 km² (270.05 sq mi) • Land543.18 km² (209.72 sq mi) • Water156.15 km² (60.29 sq mi) • Rank157th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[3]

• Total2,313 • Rank244th largest in Finland • Density4.26/km² (11.0/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish97.4% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others2.4%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1410% • 15 to 6453.4% • 65 or older36.6%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.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)^[6] 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

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

^ 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 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.
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