Rantasalmi

Rantasalmi
Municipality
Rantasalmen kunta
Rantasalmi kommun
Rantasalmi centre
Rantasalmi centre
Coat of arms of Rantasalmi
Location of Rantasalmi in Finland
Location of Rantasalmi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°04′N 028°18′E / 62.067°N 28.300°E / 62.067; 28.300
Country Finland
RegionSouthern Savonia
Sub-regionPieksämäki sub-region
Charter1578
Government
 • Municipal managerKristiina Järvenpää
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
925.20 km2 (357.22 sq mi)
 • Land559.53 km2 (216.04 sq mi)
 • Water366.61 km2 (141.55 sq mi)
 • Rank153rd largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-10-31)[2]
 • Total
3,261
 • Rank208th largest in Finland
 • Density5.83/km2 (15.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish94.1% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others5.7%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1411.4%
 • 15 to 6453%
 • 65 or older35.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.rantasalmi.fi

Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, 43 kilometres (27 mi) northwest of Savonlinna and 92 kilometres (57 mi) northeast of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of 3,261 (31 October 2024)[6] and covers an area of 925.20 square kilometres (357.22 sq mi) of which 366.61 km2 (141.55 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.1/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Joroinen, Juva, Savonlinna, Sulkava and Varkaus.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  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.