Market town 1967 Area 862.4 km² Region Northern Savonia | Charter 1865 City rights 1977 Local time Friday 9:29 PM | |
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Area rank 119th largest in Finland Weather -2°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 73% Humidity | ||
Suonenjoki is a town and municipality of Finland.
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Map of 77600 Suonenjoki, Finland
Suonenjoki is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The town has a population of 7,366 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 713.54 square kilometres (275.50 sq mi) of which 148.78 km2 (57.44 sq mi) is water. The population density is 10.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (26.7/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Kuopio, Leppävirta, Pieksämäki, Rautalampi and Tervo.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Culture
Suonenjoki is famous for its strawberries. It is also known as "the Strawberry Town". Lots of foreign people, mainly from Russia, come to Suonenjoki in summer to work on strawberry farms. That makes Suonenjoki the most international town of Finland at summer. There is a party in Suonenjoki in July called Mansikkakarnevaalit, "Strawberry Carnival". There was also a rock festival named Jörisrock, the last "Jöris" was held in 2006. Nowadays, "Jöris" has been replaced by a music event called Iisrock.
There is also three museums, library and artshow.
Newspaper Sisä-Savo is published in Suonenjoki and nearby municipalities.
Geography, Traffic
Suonenjoki is situated between two important cities, Kuopio and Jyväskylä, and the main road 9 (E63) between those cities goes through Suonenjoki. The railway between Kuopio and Helsinki goes also through the center of Suonenjoki.
The neighbouring municipalities of Suonenjoki are Rautalampi in the west, Tervo and Karttula in the north, Kuopio in the east, Leppävirta in the southeast and Pieksämäki in the south.
Notable people from Suonenjoki
Kari Tapio, country & western and schlager singer
Iiro Pakarinen, ice hockey player in NHL
Rakel Liekki, Pornstar