Heinävesi
Heinävesi | |
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Municipality | |
| Heinäveden kunta Heinävesi kommun | |
 Municipal office of Heinävesi | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Heinävesi in Finland | |
Interactive map of Heinävesi | |
| Coordinates: 62°25.5′N 028°38′E / 62.4250°N 28.633°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Karelia[1] |
| Sub-region | Joensuu |
| Charter | 1869 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Riitta A. Tilus |
| Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 1,319.58 km2 (509.49 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,029.96 km2 (397.67 sq mi) |
| • Water | 288.71 km2 (111.47 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 76th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-12-31)[3] | |
• Total | 2,888 |
| • Rank | 217th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 2.8/km2 (7.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.7% (official) |
| • Others | 5.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 9.9% |
| • 15 to 64 | 51% |
| • 65 or older | 39.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Heinävesi (Finnish: [ˈhei̯næˌʋesi]; lit. 'hay water') is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia[1] region. The municipality has a population of 2,888 (31 December 2025)[3] and covers an area of 1,319.58 square kilometres (509.49 sq mi) of which 288.71 km2 (111.47 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 2.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.3/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Savonlinna, Varkaus, Leppävirta, Tuusniemi, Outokumpu and Liperi. The city of Joensuu is located 81 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Heinävesi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
In 2021, Heinävesi had its region reassigned from South Savo to North Karelia.[5]
The only Orthodox Christian monasteries in Finland, the New Valamo Monastery and the Lintula Holy Trinity Convent, are located in Heinävesi.
Notable people
- Tuomas Gerdt, last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross
- Onni Happonen, politician and murder victim
- Kuikka-Koponen (real name Abel Koponen), illusionist and magician
- Minja Koskela, politician, musician and author[6]
- Father Akaki, oldest living Finn at the time of his death
Gallery
Lintula Holy Trinity Convent church
References
- 1 2 "Government decided on division into regions". Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Maakunnat – Maakunta- ja sote-uudistus - Alueuudistus". Archived from the original on 22 September 2018.
- ↑ "MPs: Minja Koskela". Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
External links
Media related to Heinävesi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Heinävesi – Official website
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