Suomussalmi
Sign in to saveSuomussalmi () is a municipality in Finland located in the Kainuu region about northeast of Kajaani, the capital of Kainuu and south of Kuusamo. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Ämmänsaari is the biggest built-up area in the municipality.
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Suomussalmi is a municipality established on January 1, 1867. Its legal name is Suomussalmen kunta. The entity is located in Finland, with the city also identified as SUOMUSSALMI. It holds an active status within the jurisdiction of FI.
The name appears in kana as スオムスサルミ. The subject is grounded and has a character count of 12244. The population is recorded as 11236.
Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Suomussalmi is referenced by 115 other articles, and connects out to Kainuu, Battle of Raate Road and Russia.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Geography articles needing translation from Finnish Wikipedia, Municipalities of Kainuu and Populated places established in 1867.
Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.name
- Suomussalmi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Suomussalmen kunta ilmakuva.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- An aerial view of Ämmänsaari, an administrative center of Suomussalmi
- Settlement.image_shield
- Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Suomussalmi sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Suomussalmi in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kainuu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kehys-Kainuu
- Settlement.seat
- Ämmänsaari
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Erno Heikkinen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1867
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Suomussalmen kunta - Suomussalmi
Suomussalmen kunnan verkkosivut. Täältä löydät kunnan viralliset ilmoitukset ja kuulutukset, päätökset, tietoa palveluista ja toimialojen toiminnasta.
suomussalmi.fi →Link to the official site · 12,244 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Suomussalmen kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Oulu Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 7172
- Area
- 587.26
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Taivalkoski
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- www.suomussalmi.fi/en
- Image
- Suomussalmen kirkko.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Suomussalmi
- Commons category
- Suomussalmi
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Suomussalmi
- name in kana
- スオムスサルミ
- inception
- 1867-01-01
- associated electoral district
- Oulu
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Kehys-Kainuu
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=777
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Villages
- Transport
- Politics
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- References
- External links
Suomussalmi () is a municipality in Finland located in the Kainuu region about northeast of Kajaani, the capital of Kainuu and south of Kuusamo. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Suomussalmi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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