Sulkava

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Municipality in Southern Savonia, Finland

Sulkava

Municipality

Sulkavan kunta
Sulkava kommun

Sulkava church

Coat of arms

Location of Sulkava in Finland

Coordinates: 61°47′N 028°22′E﻿ / ﻿61.783°N 28.367°E﻿ / 61.783; 28.367
Country|  Finland
Region| Southern Savonia
Sub-region| Savonlinna
Charter| 1630
Government

• Municipal manager| Rinna Ikola-Norrbacka
Area

(2018-01-01)[1]

• Total

| 769.20 km2 (296.99 sq mi)
• Land| 584.42 km2 (225.65 sq mi)
• Water| 184.52 km2 (71.24 sq mi)
• Rank| 144th largest in Finland
Population

(2024-12-31)[2]

• Total

| 2,360
• Rank| 240th largest in Finland
• Density| 4.04/km2 (10.5/sq mi)
Population by native language

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• Finnish| 95.4% (official)
• Others| 4.6%
Population by age

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• 0 to 14| 8.2%
• 15 to 64| 52.5%
• 65 or older| 39.4%
Time zone| UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website| sulkava.fi/en/

Sulkava is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,360 (31 December 2024)[6] and covers an area of 769.20 square kilometres (296.99 sq mi) of which 184.52 km2 (71.24 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.5/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Juva, Puumala, Rantasalmi, Ruokolahti and Savonlinna.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality is best known for the annual long distance rowing contest, Sulkavan Suursoudut, around Partalansaari ("Partala Island") on lake Saimaa.

## Notable people

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* Eila Pellinen
* Kalevi Hämäläinen
* Timo Rautiainen
* Albin Savola

## Gallery

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* Sulkava centre during winter

* A view from Sulkava Hill Fort (Linnavuori)

* Church boat team during a rowing contest in Sulkava

## References

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1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. ^ "Population increased most in Uusimaa in 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-01-23. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
3. ^ "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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.

## External links

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Media related to Sulkava at Wikimedia Commons

* Municipality of Sulkava – Official website

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Places adjacent to Sulkava

|  | Rantasalmi |

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Juva |

Sulkava

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| Puumala | Ruokolahti (South Karelia)

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Municipalities of South Savo

Municipalities|

* Enonkoski
* Hirvensalmi
* Juva
* Kangasniemi
* Mikkeli
* Mäntyharju
* Pieksämäki
* Puumala
* Rantasalmi
* Savonlinna
* Sulkava

Former municipalities|

* Anttola
* Haukivuori
* Jäppilä
* Kangaslampi
* Kerimäki
* Mikkelin maalaiskunta
* Pertunmaa
* Pieksämäen maalaiskunta
* Pieksänmaa
* Punkaharju
* Ristiina
* Sääminki
* Savonranta
* Virtasalmi

* South Savo
* Finland

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
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National|

* Finland

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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