Tervo
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,566 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 494.30 square kilometres (190.85 sq mi) of which 146.52 km2 (56.57 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Keitele, Kuopio, Maaninka, Pielavesi, Rautalampi, Suonenjoki and Vesanto. 30% of area is covered by water. There is summer cottages as much as households.
Tervo | |
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Municipality | |
| Tervon kunta Tervo kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tervo in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°57′20″N 026°45′20″E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Northern Savonia |
| Sub-region | Inner Savonia sub-region |
| Charter | 1926 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Olli-Pekka Salminen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 494.30 km2 (190.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 347.71 km2 (134.25 sq mi) |
| • Water | 146.52 km2 (56.57 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 222nd largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,566 |
| • Rank | 283rd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) |
| • Others | 0.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.4% |
| • 65 or older | 27.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% |
| Website | www.tervo.fi |
Tervo is a municipality of Finland.
Marco Hietala, the bass player for Nightwish is from Tervo.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "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.
- "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.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
- Municipality of Tervo – Official website
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