Enonkoski
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| Enonkosken kunta | ||
Enonkoski Church (Magnus Schjerfbeck, 1886)
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 Location of Enonkoski in Finland |
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| Coordinates: 62°05.5′N 028°56′E / 62.0917°N 28.933°ECoordinates: 62°05.5′N 028°56′E / 62.0917°N 28.933°E | ||
| Country |
 Finland
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| Region | Southern Savonia | |
| Sub-region | Savonlinna sub-region | |
| Charter | 1882 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Kari Kuuramaa | |
| Area (2011-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 419.21 km2 (161.86 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 305.84 km2 (118.09 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 113.37 km2 (43.77 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 247th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,458 | |
| • Rank | 306th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 4.77/km2 (12.4/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language | ||
| • Finnish | 98.3% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 1.6% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 13.6% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.3% | |
| • 65 or older | 26.1% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate | 19.75% | |
| Website | www.enonkoski.fi | |
Enonkoski is a municipality of Finland. It is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Savonlinna in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region.
Enonkoski was founded in 1882. Before that it was part of Kerimäki and Heinävesi. The major reason for the foundation of independent parish of Enonkoski happened in 1858. Enonkoski did not have its own church, and on Sundays people had to row to the church to Kerimäki, a parish Enonkoski was part of that time. In 1858 there was a church boat accident in the lake Ylä-Enonvesi, which led to the death of eight people. After that, a Russian businessman and a leader of an Enonkoski glass factory and a sawmill decided to build a church in Enonkoski. He is alleged to have said: "the people in Enonkoski do not anymore have to drown on their trips to the church". The wooden church was built in the next year but it was destroyed in a fire caused by lightning in 1884. A new church made of wood, which is still in use, was built in 1886.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
There also is a Russian speaking minority.
The majority of the people living in Enonkoski are Evangelical Lutheran. There is a church in the centre of Enonkoski, built in 1886. The only Evangelical Lutheran monastery in Finland, the Monastic Protestant Community in Enonkoski, is located in Enonkoski.
Enonkoski has one main road which leads to Savonlinna, 33 kilometres (21 mi) away. It also has other roads which lead to the small dock neighborhood called Hyypiänniemi and to another area known as Hanhivirta.
Enonkoski is a very small town, with two small supermarkets, a gas station, a gift shop, and several bakeries/cafés and a bar infamous to the local population for the drunks that lounge around the area. It also has an old peoples home called Iltasatu literally meaning bedtime story.
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