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Rantasalmi

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Country
  
Finland

Charter
  
1578

Municipal tax rate
  
19.5%

Local time
  
Friday 7:52 PM

Sub-region
  
Pieksämäki sub-region

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
925.8 km²

Region
  
Southern Savonia

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Area rank
  
153rd largest in Finland

Weather
  
-2°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 61% Humidity

Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland.

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Map of 58900 Rantasalmi, Finland

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 3,714 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 559.15 square kilometres (215.89 sq mi) of which 366.61 km2 (141.55 sq mi) is water. The population density is 6.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (17.2/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Joroinen, Juva, Savonlinna, Sulkava and Varkaus.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Some villages

Asikkala, Osikonmäki, Putkisalo, Rantasalo, Torasalo, Tornioniemi, Tuusmäki and Vaahersalo.

Notable people

  • Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950), a Finnish–American architect was born in Rantasalmi.
  • Laura Netzel (1839-1927), pianist, composer and conductor
  • Jukka Lehtonen (born 1982), volleyball player
  • Jarkko Immonen (born 1982), ice hockey player
  • References

    Rantasalmi Wikipedia