Tohmajärvi

It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 4,358 (31 July 2020)[6] and covers an area of 895.36 square kilometres (345.70 sq mi) of which 57.62 km2 (22.25 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee and Rääkkylä.

Tohmajärvi
Municipality
Tohmajärven kunta
Tohmajärvi kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Tohmajärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°14′N 30°20′E
Country Finland
RegionNorth Karelia
Sub-regionCentral Karelia sub-region
Charter1869
Government
 • Municipal managerOlli Riikonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total895.36 km2 (345.70 sq mi)
 • Land837.73 km2 (323.45 sq mi)
 • Water57.62 km2 (22.25 sq mi)
Area rank93rd largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total4,358
 • Rank188th largest in Finland
 • Density5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish96% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others3.9%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1414.4%
 • 15 to 6462.8%
 • 65 or older22.7%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21.5%
Websitewww.tohmajarvi.fi

Tohmajärvi is a municipality of Finland.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality of Värtsilä was consolidated with Tohmajärvi in 2005.

Tohmajärvi is located along the Blue Highway, which is an international tourist route from Mo i Rana, Norway to Pudozh, Russia via Sweden. One of the most significant highways in Tohmajärvi include Highway 9, which runs west through Joensuu, Kuopio, Jyväskylä and Tampere to Turku.

People

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

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