Heinävesi

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Municipality in North Karelia, Finland

Heinävesi

Municipality

Heinäveden kunta
Heinävesi kommun

Municipal office of Heinävesi

Coat of arms

Location of Heinävesi in Finland

Coordinates: 62°25.5′N 028°38′E﻿ / ﻿62.4250°N 28.633°E﻿ / 62.4250; 28.633
Country|  Finland
Region| North Karelia[1]
Sub-region| Joensuu sub-region
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

(2023-09-30)[3]

• Total| 3,028
• Rank| 213th largest in Finland
• Density| 2.94/km2 (7.6/sq mi)
Population by native language

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• Finnish| 96.4% (official)
• Swedish| 0.3%
• Others| 3.3%
Population by age

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• 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.heinavesi.fi

Heinävesi (Finnish: [ˈhei̯næˌʋesi]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia[1] region. The municipality has a population of 3,028 (30 September 2023)[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 2.94 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.6/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 Savonia to North Karelia.[7]

The only Orthodox Christian monasteries in Finland, the New Valamo Monastery and the Lintula Holy Trinity Convent, are located in Heinävesi.

## Notable people[edit]

* Tuomas Gerdt, last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross
* Onni Happonen, politician and murder victim
* Kuikka-Koponen (real name Abel Koponen), illusionist and magician

## Gallery[edit]

* New Valamo Monastery

* Varistaipale canal

* Lake Kermajärvi

* Lintula Holy Trinity Convent church

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Government decided on division into regions". Retrieved 1 Jan 2021.
2. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
3. ^ a b "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
4. ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
5. ^ "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.
6. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
7. ^ "Maakunnat – Maakunta- ja sote-uudistus - Alueuudistus". Archived from the original on 2018-09-22.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Heinävesi at Wikimedia Commons

* Municipality of Heinävesi – Official website

Places adjacent to Heinävesi

|  | Tuusniemi (North Savo), Outokumpu |

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Leppävirta (North Savo) |

Heinävesi

| Liperi
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Varkaus (North Savo) | Savonlinna (South Savo) |

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Municipalities of North Karelia

Municipalities|

* Heinävesi
* Ilomantsi
* Joensuu
* Juuka
* Kitee
* Kontiolahti
* Lieksa
* Liperi
* Nurmes
* Outokumpu
* Polvijärvi
* Rääkkylä
* Tohmajärvi

Former municipalities|

* Eno
* Kesälahti
* Kiihtelysvaara
* Nurmeksen maalaiskunta
* Pälkjärvi
* Pielisensuu
* Pielisjärvi
* Pyhäselkä
* Tuupovaara
* Valtimo
* Värtsilä

* North Karelia
* Finland

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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