Rantasalmi | ||
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Municipality | ||
Rantasalmen kunta | ||
Rantasalmi centre
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Location of Rantasalmi in Finland |
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Coordinates: 62°04′N 028°18′E / 62.067°N 28.300°ECoordinates: 62°04′N 028°18′E / 62.067°N 28.300°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Southern Savonia | |
Sub-region | Pieksämäki sub-region | |
Charter | 1578 | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Kristiina Järvenpää | |
Area (2016-01-01) | ||
• Total | 559.15 km2 (215.89 sq mi) | |
• Land | 559.16 km2 (215.89 sq mi) | |
• Water | 366.61 km2 (141.55 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 153rd largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31) | ||
• Total | 3,714 | |
• Rank | 206th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 6.64/km2 (17.2/sq mi) | |
Population by native language | ||
• Finnish | 98.5% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.3% | |
• Others | 1.2% | |
Population by age | ||
• 0 to 14 | 13.3% | |
• 15 to 64 | 61.1% | |
• 65 or older | 25.5% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate | 19.5% | |
Website | www.rantasalmi.fi |
Rantasalmi is a municipality of 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.
Asikkala, Osikonmäki, Putkisalo, Rantasalo, Torasalo, Tornioniemi, Tuusmäki and Vaahersalo.