Mäntyharju

Mäntyharjun kunta

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Basic data
State :	Finland
Landscape :	South Savo
Administrative community :	Mikkeli
Geographical location	61 ° 25 '  N , 26 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 25 '  N , 26 ° 53'  E
Surface:	1,210.81 km²
of which land area:	981.77 km²
of which inland waterways:	229.04 km²
Residents :	5,924 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	6 people / km²
Municipality number :	507
Language (s) :	Finnish
Website :	www.mantyharju.fi

Mäntyharju [ ˈmæntyˌɦɑrju ] is a municipality in southeastern Finland . It is located 45 kilometers south of the town of Mikkeli on the western edge of the Finnish Lake District .

In addition to the parish village of Mäntyharju, it includes the towns of Ahvenisto, Anettu, Enolahti, Halmeniemi, Hietaniemi, Huopola, Hyyrylä, Hölttä, Jäniskylä, Karankamäki, Kinni, Koirakivi, Korpilahti, Kousaniemkeppä, Luhajärvi, Kousaniemkeppä, Lahnälihtanen, Kiemukorpi, Kuhajärvi. Mynttilä, Niinimäki, Nurmaa, Ollikkala, Outila, Paasola, Partsinmaa, Poitsiniemi, Pyhäkoski, Pärnämäki, Saviniemi, Särkemäki, Tiilikkala, Toivola, Valtola, Vanonen and Varpanen. Around 4,500 of the 5,924 residents live in the center around the train station and in the church village. In addition to the permanently inhabited places, there are around 4,400 holiday homes ( Mökkis ) in the municipality. The number of inhabitants increases considerably, especially during the summer holidays.

Mäntyharju was founded as a parish in 1595 by the chaplain Jaakko Pietarinpoika. The administrative and territorial history of the sock is extremely complicated, as Mäntyharju is on the border of three different landscapes , namely Savo , Häme and Karelia . After the Treaty of Åbo in 1743, the border between the Swedish and Russian empires also ran through the municipality. Only after all of Finland fell to Russia in 1809 was the divided Mäntyharju reunited in 1812. The municipality has existed within its current boundaries since 1929, when the village of Pertunmaa became independent and left the municipal association.

The parish church of Mäntyharju, consecrated in 1822, was built according to plans by Charles Bassi and is the second largest wooden church in Finland. It offers space for around 2000 believers. The neighboring parish was established as early as 1811-12.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Edward Vesala (* 1945; † 1999), jazz musician
• Antti Häkkänen (* 1985), politician

Web links

Commons : Mäntyharju  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018