Tohmajärvi
| Tohmajärvi | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Tohmajärven kunta | ||
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 Location of Tohmajärvi in Finland |
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| Coordinates: 62°14′N 30°20′E / 62.233°N 30.333°ECoordinates: 62°14′N 30°20′E / 62.233°N 30.333°E | ||
| Country |
 Finland
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| Region | North Karelia | |
| Sub-region | Central Karelia sub-region | |
| Charter | 1869 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Olli Riikonen | |
| Area (2016-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 837.75 km2 (323.46 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 837.73 km2 (323.45 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 57.62 km2 (22.25 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 93rd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31) | ||
| • Total | 4,741 | |
| • Rank | 187th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 5.66/km2 (14.7/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language | ||
| • Finnish | 96% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 3.9% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 14.4% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 62.8% | |
| • 65 or older | 22.7% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate | 21.5% | |
| Website | www.tohmajarvi.fi | |
Tohmajärvi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 4,741 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 837.75 square kilometres (323.46 sq mi) of which 57.62 km2 (22.25 sq mi) is water. The population density is 5.66 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.7/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee and Rääkkylä.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality of Värtsilä was consolidated with Tohmajärvi in 2005.
Tohmajärvi is located along the Blue Highway, which is an international tourist route from Mo i Rana, Norway to Pudozh, Russia via Sweden.
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