Vehmersalmi is a
former municipality of
Finland
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. It has been a part of the city of
Kuopio since January 1, 2005.
It is located in the
province
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of
Eastern Finland and is part of the
Northern Savonia region
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. The municipality had a population of 2,053 (2003) and covered an area of 550.59 km
2 of which 202.47 km
2 is water. The
population density
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was 5.9 inhabitants per km
2.
The municipality was unilingually
Finnish. Vehmersalmi ceased to exist as of 1 January 2005 when it was merged into
Kuopio.
Villages
Enonlahti,
Horsmanlahti,
Juonionlahti,
Jänissalo,
Litmaniemi,
Miettilä,
Niinimäki,
Putroniemi,
Puutosmäki,
Ritoniemi,
Roikansaari,
Räsälä,
Vuorisalo,
Mustinlahti and
Kohma.
Culture
Food
In the 1980s,
stockfish soup was considered the traditional food of the former parish of Vehmersalmi.
References
Kuopio
Populated places disestablished in 2005
Former municipalities of Finland
2005 disestablishments in Finland
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