Nurmes

Nurmes
Town
Nurmeksen kaupunki
Nurmes Church
Coat of arms
Location of Nurmes in Finland
Coordinates: 63°32.7′N 029°08′E / 63.5450°N 29.133°E / 63.5450; 29.133Coordinates: 63°32.7′N 029°08′E / 63.5450°N 29.133°E / 63.5450; 29.133
Country	Finland
Region	North Karelia
Sub-region	Pielinen sub-region
Charter	1810
Town privileges	1973
Government
• Town manager	Asko Saatsi
Area (2016-01-01)
• Total	1,601.04 km2 (618.16 sq mi)
• Land	1,601.09 km2 (618.18 sq mi)
• Water	253.7 km2 (98.0 sq mi)
Area rank	38th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)
• Total	7,983
• Rank	127th largest in Finland
• Density	4.99/km2 (12.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	7,001,990,000,000,000,000♠99% (official)
• Swedish	6,999,100,000,000,000,000♠0.1%
• Others	6,999,900,000,000,000,000♠0.9%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	7,001,133,000,000,000,000♠13.3%
• 15 to 64	7,001,624,000,000,000,000♠62.4%
• 65 or older	7,001,243,000,000,000,000♠24.3%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate	20%
Website	www.nurmes.fi

Nurmes is a town and municipality of Finland.

It was located in the former province of Eastern Finland until 2010 and is now in the North Karelia region. The town has a population of 7,983 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,601.04 square kilometres (618.16 sq mi) of which 253.7 km² (98.0 sq mi) is water. The population density is 4.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.9/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Juuka, Kuhmo, Lieksa, Rautavaara, Sotkamo and Valtimo.

Nurmes railway station was the northern terminus of a twice-daily VR passenger train service from Joensuu; the service was withdrawn in early 2016. The railway is now used for freight trains only.

Hotel club Bomba is situated in Nurmes.

Nurmes is also the official Christmas Carol City of Europe.

The municipality is officially unilingually Finnish, but in 2009, Finland’s first Karelian language "nest" (pre-school immersion group) was established in Nurmes.

Nurmes is twinned with:

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