Suomenniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Mikkeli on 1 January 2013.
Suomenniemi | |
|---|---|
Former municipality | |
| Suomenniemen kunta Suomenniemi kommun | |
 The church in Suomenniemi | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Suomenniemi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°19.5′N 027°27′E / 61.3250°N 27.450°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | South Savo |
| Consolidated | 2013 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Anne Ukkonen |
| Area | |
• Total | 362.96 km2 (140.14 sq mi) |
| • Land | 283.72 km2 (109.54 sq mi) |
| • Water | 79.24 km2 (30.59 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2012)[2] | |
• Total | 763 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.suomenniemi.fi |
It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 763 (31 December 2012)[2] and covered an area of 362.96 square kilometres (140.14 sq mi) of which 79.24 km2 (30.59 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.6893/km2 (6.965/sq mi). The municipality had the smallest population of the Finnish mainland. With the merger to Mikkeli, Suomenniemi became part of South Savo region and Eastern Finland with regard to state administration.
History
editThe names of Suomenniemi and the nearby lake Suomijärvi refer to 13th century settlers from Finland Proper, who were known as suomalaiset while their homeland was called Suomi. Nowadays the Finns proper are known as varsinaissuomalaiset, as the term suomalaiset was extended to all Finnic groups of the Swedish realm.
The village was first mentioned in 1544 as Somenemiby as a part of the Lappee parish. In 1571 it became a part of the newly founded Taipalsaari parish, while Savitaipale was split off from Taipalsaari in 1639 and Suomenniemi was transferred to it. Suomenniemi became a chapel community in 1689 and a separate parish and municipality in 1866. [4]
In 2013, Suomenniemi was consolidated with Mikkeli.
People born in Suomenniemi
edit- Wille Särkkä (1877 – 1968)
- Jalmari Rötkö (1892 – 1938)
References
edit- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "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.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 429. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
External links
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Media related to Suomenniemi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Suomenniemi – Official website (in Finnish)
- goSaimaa.com – travel information
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