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Suomussalmi
Suomussalmi (Finnish: [ˈsuo̯muˌsːɑlmi]) is a municipality in Finland and is located in the Kainuu region about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northeast of Kajaani, the capital of Kainuu and 120 kilometres (75 mi) south of Kuusamo. The municipality has a population of 7,079 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 5,857.60 square kilometres (2,261.63 sq mi) of which 587.03 km (226.65 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.34 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.5/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Ämmänsaari is the biggest built-up area in the municipality.

Suomussalmi is the second southernmost part of the reindeer-herding area in Finland.

History

During the Winter War of 1939–40, several battles were fought in the area around Suomussalmi, the most important ones being the Battle of Suomussalmi and the Battle of Raate Road. In these battles, Finnish forces defeated numerically superior Soviet forces.

Suomussalmi hosted the 2016 World Berry Picking Championship.

Villages

  • Alajärvi
  • Ala-Vuokki
  • Hossa
  • Jumaliskylä
  • Juntusranta
  • Kaljuskylä
  • Kerälä
  • Kiannanniemi
  • Korpela
  • Korvua
  • Kuivajärvi
  • Kurimo
  • Lomakylä
  • Myllylahti
  • Näljänkä
  • Näätälä
  • Peranka
  • Pesiökylä
  • Pesiönlahti
  • Piispajärvi
  • Pisto
  • Pitämä
  • Pyhäkylä
  • Raate
  • Ruhtinansalmi
  • Sakara
  • Selkoskylä
  • Siikaranta
  • Suomussalmi (Kirkonkylä)
  • Tervakangas
  • Vaaranniva
  • Vasara
  • Vuokki
  • Yli-Vuokki
  • Ämmänsaari (administrative center)

Kuivajärvi and Hietajärvi, located close to the Russian border, have long belonged to the poetic villages of White Karelia, and the Karelian language, Viena Karelian, has traditionally been spoken in the area.

Transport

Highway 5 (E63) comes from Hyrynsalmi via Suomussalmi to Kuusamo. The rest of the municipality's most important roads are mainly smaller regional roads; regional road 912 from Kuhmo comes to Suomussalmi, regional road 843 from Palovaara to Suomussalmi continues to Kuusamo's Poussuu, regional road 892 runs from Suomussalmi through Korpikylä and Kytömäki to Hyrynsalmi, regional road 897 takes you from Alajärvi from Suomussalmi via Hattuvaara to Yli-Näljänkä, and connecting road 9125 or Raatteentie (also included parts of the current regional road 912) is a connecting road from Raatteenportti to Raate in the municipality of Suomussalmi, which was named after the Battle of Raate in 1940.

Politics

Results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in Suomussalmi:

Notable people

President K. J. Ståhlberg

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Suomussalmi is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ C.G. (11 October 2017). "Explaining the Finnish love of tango". The Economist.
  7. ^ "Kuivajärvi ja Hietajärvi". www.juminkeko.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  8. ^ "Kartta runokylien alueesta". www.juminkeko.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  9. ^ "Kotus. Karjalan kieli, kartta" (in Finnish). Kotimaisten kielten keskus. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  10. ^ "Suomussalmi Tulospalvelu Eduskuntavaalit 2023". yle.fi. Yle. 2023. Retrieved 2024-12-20.

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