Mäntyharju

Mäntyharju
—  Municipality  —
Mäntyharjun kunta
Mäntyharju is located in the Finnish lake region
Coat of arms
Location of Mäntyharju in Finland
Coordinates: 61°25′N 026°53′E / 61.417°N 26.883°E / 61.417; 26.883Coordinates: 61°25′N 026°53′E / 61.417°N 26.883°E / 61.417; 26.883
Country	Finland
Region	Southern Savonia
Sub-region	Mikkeli sub-region
Charter	1595
Government
– Municipal manager	Jussi Teittinen
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
– Total	1,210.99 km2 (467.6 sq mi)
– Land	981.76 km2 (379.1 sq mi)
– Water	229.23 km2 (88.5 sq mi)
Area rank	95th largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
– Total	6,447
– Rank	158th largest in Finland
– Density	6.57/km2 (17/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
– Finnish	98.6% (official)
– Swedish	0.1%
– Others	1.2%
Population by age[4]
– 0 to 14	13.6%
– 15 to 64	60.6%
– 65 or older	25.7%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5]	19%
Website	www.mantyharju.fi

Mäntyharju (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmæntyˌɦɑrju], "Pine Ridge") is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 6,447 (31 January 2011)^[2] and covers an area of 1,210.99 square kilometres (467.57 sq mi) of which 229.23 km² (88.51 sq mi) is water.^[1] The coastline is almost 1,520 kilometers (940 mi). The population density is 6.2 inhabitants per km².

The summer houses or cottages located in the countryside are part of the culture of Finland where most Finnish families spend their summer holidays. Mäntyharju is the municipality which has the fifth most summer houses in Finland.^[6] Some of the reasons for Mäntyharju's popularity involves its many pure lakes and a relatively short distance to Helsinki. Because of the many summer houses, population of Mäntyharju more than doubles during the most popular summer holiday times.

Art Centre Salmela in Mäntyharju hosts one of Finland’s largest cultural events in July-August.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people

• Edward Vesala (1945-1999), Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer.
• Antti Jaatinen (b. 1987), ice hockey player

See also

• Repovesi National Park

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 
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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. 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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
6. ^ Statistics Finland

External links

Media related to Mäntyharju at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Mäntyharju – Official site