Suonenjoki

Suonenjoki
Town
Suonenjoen kaupunki
Suonenjoki railway station
Coat of arms
Location of Suonenjoki in Finland
Coordinates: 62°37.5′N 027°07.5′E / 62.6250°N 27.1250°E / 62.6250; 27.1250Coordinates: 62°37.5′N 027°07.5′E / 62.6250°N 27.1250°E / 62.6250; 27.1250
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	Inner Savonia sub-region
Charter	1865
Market town	1967
City rights	1977
Government
• Town manager	Olavi Ruotsalainen
Area (2016-01-01)
• Total	713.54 km2 (275.50 sq mi)
• Land	713.55 km2 (275.50 sq mi)
• Water	148.78 km2 (57.44 sq mi)
Area rank	119th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)
• Total	7,366
• Rank	134th largest in Finland
• Density	10.32/km2 (26.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	7,001,988,000,000,000,000♠98.8% (official)
• Others	7,000,120,000,000,000,000♠1.2%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	7,001,146,000,000,000,000♠14.6%
• 15 to 64	7,001,609,000,000,000,000♠60.9%
• 65 or older	7,001,245,000,000,000,000♠24.5%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate	19.5%
Website	www.suonenjoki.fi

Suonenjoki is a town and municipality of 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.

Suonenjoki is famous for its strawberries. It is also known as "the Strawberry Town". Lots of foreign people, mainly from Ukraine and 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 Nowadays, "Jöris" has been replaced by a music event called Iisrock.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.

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.