Kuhmo
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Kuhmo (known as Kuhmoniemi until 1937) is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the south-eastern corner of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . It shares a border of with Russia (Finnish-Russian border). Neighbouring towns are Hyrynsalmi, Lieksa, Nurmes, Ristijärvi, Sotkamo and Suomussalmi. A neighbour city across the Russian border is Kostomuksha. Vartius, one of the border crossing points between Finland and Russia, is located in northern Kuhmo.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kuhmo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kuhmo kaupungintalo.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kuhmo Town hall
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Kuhmo sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kainuu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kehys-Kainuu
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town Manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Juhana Juntunen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1865
- Settlement.established_title2
- City rights
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Kuhmo (known as Kuhmoniemi until 1937) is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the south-eastern corner of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . It shares a border of with Russia (Finnish-Russian border). Neighbouring towns are Hyrynsalmi, Lieksa, Nurmes, Ristijärvi, Sotkamo and Suomussalmi. A neighbour city across the Russian border is Kostomuksha. Vartius, one of the border crossing points between Finland and Russia, is located in northern Kuhmo.
Kuhmo's eastern border is located at a drainage divider, and the town area is within the drainage basin of Oulujärvi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kuhmo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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