Valtimo
Valtimo (literally "artery") is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with the town of Nurmes on 1 January 2020.
Valtimo | |
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Municipality | |
| Valtimon kunta Valtimo kommun | |
 Valtimo Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Valtimo in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°40.8′N 028°49′E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | North Karelia |
| Sub-region | Pielinen sub-region |
| Charter | 1910 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Leena Mustonen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 838.07 km2 (323.58 sq mi) |
| • Land | 800.35 km2 (309.02 sq mi) |
| • Water | 37.75 km2 (14.58 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 99th largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,140 |
| • Rank | 256th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 2.67/km2 (6.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 0.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 12% |
| • 15 to 64 | 62.1% |
| • 65 or older | 26% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 18.25% |
| Website | www.valtimo.fi |
It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 2,140 (31 January 2019)[2] and covered an area of 838.07 square kilometres (323.58 sq mi) of which 37.75 km2 (14.58 sq mi) was water.[1] The population density was 2.67 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.9/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities were Nurmes, Rautavaara and Sotkamo.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Places in Valtimo
- Pumppuamo
People
- Aki Karvonen (born 1957)
- Jarmo Kärnä (born 1958)
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References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "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. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
- Municipality of Valtimo – Official website (in Finnish)
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