Punkaharju

Punkaharju
Former municipality
Punkaharjun kunta
Punkaharju Ridge
Coat of arms
Location of Punkaharju in Finland
Coordinates: 61°45′N 029°24′E / 61.750°N 29.400°E / 61.750; 29.400Coordinates: 61°45′N 029°24′E / 61.750°N 29.400°E / 61.750; 29.400
Country	Finland
Region	Southern Savonia
Sub-region	Savonlinna sub-region
Charter	1924
Consolidated	2013
Area
• Total	748.12 km2 (288.85 sq mi)
• Land	471.26 km2 (181.95 sq mi)
• Water	276.86 km2 (106.90 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2012)
• Total	3,702
• Density	7.86/km2 (20.4/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	www.punkaharju.fi

Punkaharju is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Savonlinna on January 1, 2013.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 3,702 (31 December 2012) and covers an area of 748.12 square kilometres (288.85 sq mi) of which 276.86 km² (106.90 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.8555/km² (20.3457/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Finnish Forest Museum Lusto and the Finnish forest research institute is located at Punkaharju, which hosts a research forest park open for visitors. In the park you can find some of the tallest trees in the whole Finland, for example pines in the height of 40 metres (130 ft). Punkaharju ridge is a famous national landscape protected by a national reserve.