The 12
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of the
South Savo Region ( fi, Etelä-Savo; sv, Södra Savolax) in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
are divided on three
sub-regions.
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Mikkeli sub-region
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Hirvensalmi
Hirvensalmi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of
()
and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
.
Neighbour municipalities: Joutsa, Kangasniem ...
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Kangasniemi
Kangasniemi is a municipality in the Southern Savonia region, Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Kangasniemi is located on the Finnish national road 13, north ...
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Mikkeli
Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34,000 ...
(''S:t Michel'')
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Mäntyharju
Mäntyharju (, literally 'Pine Ridge') is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The coastline is almost . The population density ...
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Pertunmaa
Pertunmaa () is a municipality of Finland located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which
is water. The population density is .
Neighbour municipalities are Hartola, Heinola, Hirv ...
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Puumala
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Pieksämäki sub-region
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Juva
Juva ( sv, Juva, also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region some North-East of Helsinki. It was founded on 19 January 1442, and is the oldest parish/municipality in Finland whose exact date of birth is known ...
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Pieksämäki
Pieksämäki () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, about north of Mikkeli, east of Jyväskylä and south of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. Th ...
Savonlinna sub-region
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Enonkoski
Enonkoski () is a municipality of Finland. It is encircled by the city of Savonlinna in the Southern Savonia region. It is the smallest municipality in Southern Savonia in terms of population.
History
Enonkoski was founded in 1882. Before that it ...
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Rantasalmi
Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, northwest of Savonlinna and northeast of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which
is water. The population density i ...
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Savonlinna
Savonlinna (, , ; sv, Nyslott, lit=New Castle) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region, which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mikke ...
(''Nyslott'')
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Sulkava
Sulkava is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Neighbouring municipalities are Juva, Puumala, R ...
See also
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Eastern Finland
Eastern Finland ( fi, Itä-Suomen lääni, sv, Östra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Western Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered Russia to the east.
History
On Septemb ...
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Regions of Eastern Finland
External links
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