Tohmajärvi

Tohmajärvi
Municipality
Tohmajärven kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Tohmajärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°14′N 30°20′E / 62.233°N 30.333°E / 62.233; 30.333Coordinates: 62°14′N 30°20′E / 62.233°N 30.333°E / 62.233; 30.333
Country  Finland
Region North Karelia
Sub-region Central Karelia sub-region
Charter 1869
Government
 • Municipal manager Olli Riikonen
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 895.36 km2 (345.70 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 (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 4,518
 • Rank 187th largest in Finland
 • Density 5.39/km2 (14.0/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 96% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 3.9%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 14.4%
 • 15 to 64 62.8%
 • 65 or older 22.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 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 4,518 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 895.36 square kilometres (345.70 sq mi) of which 57.62 km2 (22.25 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.0/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.

People

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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