Maaninka

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Maaninka
Former municipality
Maaningan kunta
Maaninka kommun
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Old Vianta channel in Maaninka
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Location of Maaninka in Finland
Coordinates: 63°09.5′N027°18′E / 63.1583°N 27.300°E / 63.1583; 27.300
Country Finland
Region Northern Savonia
Sub-region Kuopio sub-region
Charter 1872
Merged2015
Government
  Municipal managerSoile Lahti
Area
[1]
  Total575.13 km2 (222.06 sq mi)
  Land466.51 km2 (180.12 sq mi)
  Water108.62 km2 (41.94 sq mi)
Population
 (2014-11-30) [2]
  Total3,747
  Density6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Website www.maaninka.fi

Maaninka (Swedish : Maaninka, also Maninga) is a former municipality in the region of Northern Savonia, in Finland. It was merged with the city of Kuopio on 1 January 2015.

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The municipality had a population of 3,747 (30 November 2014) [2] and it covered an area of 575.13 square kilometres (222.06 sq mi) of which 108.62 square kilometres (41.94 sq mi) was water. [1] The population density was 8.03 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.8/sq mi).

The municipality is mostly rugged forestland. The tallest waterfall in Finland, at 36 metres (118 ft) high, is located in Maaninka. The site, called Korkeakoski, has been a tourist site since the 19th century. [3]

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

People born in Maaninka

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References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. Korkeakoski. Suomen vesiputoukset ("Waterfalls of Finland").