Ruokolahti

Ruokolahti
Ruokolax
Municipality
Ruokolahden kunta
Church in Ruokolahti

Coat of arms

Location of Ruokolahti in Finland
Coordinates: 61°17.5′N 028°49′E / 61.2917°N 28.817°E / 61.2917; 28.817Coordinates: 61°17.5′N 028°49′E / 61.2917°N 28.817°E / 61.2917; 28.817
Country  Finland
Region South Karelia
Sub-region Imatra sub-region
Charter 1868
Government
 • Municipal manager Antti Pätilä
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,219.85 km2 (470.99 sq mi)
 • Land 943.50 km2 (364.29 sq mi)
 • Water 276.4 km2 (106.7 sq mi)
Area rank 81st largest in Finland
Population (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 5,127
 • Rank 171st largest in Finland
 • Density 5.43/km2 (14.1/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.8% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 1.1%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 13.6%
 • 15 to 64 61.5%
 • 65 or older 24.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 18.5%
Climate Dfc
Website www.ruokolahti.fi

Ruokolahti (Swedish: Ruokolax) is a municipality of Finland, situated in south-eastern Finland, in the region of South Karelia. Neighbouring municipalities are Imatra, Lappeenranta, Taipalsaari, Puumala, Sulkava, Punkaharju, Parikkala and Rautjärvi. Ruokolahti covers an area of 1,219.85 square kilometres (470.99 sq mi) of which 23% is water.[1]

The municipality has 5,127 inhabitants (31 August 2018),[2] but the population is doubled in summer as holidaymakers occupy the 3,000 summer cottages in the region.[6]

Ruokolahti is known for its natural environment, for example Kummakivi is a balancing rock located at 61° 29' 36.4596" N, 28° 25' 45.5016" E in Ruokolahti[7] and is protected.[8] In the west there is the Lake Saimaa and in the east there are hundreds of smaller lakes. The Salpausselkä ridges run through the area.[6] It is also the town in which sniper Simo Häyhä spent the last years of his life.

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.
  6. 1 2 Hupponen, Paula (14 December 2003). "General Information". Discover Ruokolahti. Ruokolahti: Municipality of Ruokolahti. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2009. (Text from Discover Ruokolahti web site with a permission.)
  7. ↑ "Karrta Paikka" (in Finnish). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Lehteinen, Markus. "Ruokolahden Kummakivi" (in Finnish). Retkipaikka. Retrieved 1 December 2013.

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