Mikkeli rural community
The rural community Mikkeli ( Finnish: Mikkelin maalaiskunta , Swedish S: t Michels landskommun ) is a former municipality in the Finnish region of Savo . It comprised the area around the town of Mikkeli and was incorporated into this together with Anttola in early 2001 . Most recently the rural community had around 12,000 inhabitants.
The two settlement centers of the rural municipality of Mikkeli were Rantakylä and Otava. The rural community also included the villages of Alamaa, Anianniemi, Asila, Haahkala, Haapataipale, Harjujärvi, Harjumaa, Haukkakorhola, Häyrylä, Heinälahti, Helppanala, Hiirola, Hyykrylä, Ihastjikya, Kyovitentayi, Kyovitentaala, Karovitentai, Kyovitentai, Kyivitala , Liukkola, Marjoniemi, Moisio, Norola, Närvälä, Olkkolanniemi, Pajula, Parantala, Parkkila, Pekkola, Puttola, Rahula, Rämälä, Rieppola, Riittilä, Sairila, Salmenkylä, Savonlahti, Seppälä, Täälikkala, Tuipalekala, Tuipalekala, Tuipalekala , Väärälä, Vanhala, Vanhamäki, Vatila, Vehmaskylä, Viljakkala, Visulahti and Vuolinko.