Northeast Savo

Northeast Savo Koillis-Savon seutukunta
Sub-region
Country	Finland
Region	North Savo
Population  (2021)
• Total	6,711
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Northeast Savo or North Eastern Savonia (Finnish : Koillis-Savon seutukunta) is a sub-region of Finland. It is an administrative subdivision of the region of North Savo.

The region of Northeast Savo was named a region of sudden structural change during 2008 to 2010, after Stromsdal, a major employer in the region, went bankrupt. ^[1]

Municipalities

Northeastern Savo in 2000

Coat of arms	Municipality
	Kaavi (municipality)
	Rautavaara (municipality)
	Tuusniemi (municipality)

Northeastern Savo previously comprised five municipalities: Juankoski, Kaavi, Nilsiä, Rautavaara, and Tuusniemi.

On 1 January 2013, Nilsiä was incorporated into the city of Kuopio, a part of the Kuopio sub-region, and was thus removed from Northeastern Savo.

On 1 January 2017, Juankoski was incorporated into the city of Kuopio. With the removal of Juankoski from the Northeastern Savo sub-region, the land connection between Rautavaara and the rest of the sub-region was broken.

The sub-region currently comprises the municipalities of Kaavi, Rautavaara, and Tuusniemi.

Population

The sub-region had a population of 19,837 in 2011. In December 2021, the population was 6,711. ^[2]

Population development of the Northeast Savo sub-region 1980 – 2015 ^[3]

Year	Population
1980	12,401
1985	11,536
1990	10,787
2000	9,357
2005	8,684
2010	8,113
2015	7,650

Politics

Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:

• Sauli Niinistö 60.9%
• Matti Vanhanen 10.0%
• Paavo Väyrynen 9.6%
• Laura Huhtasaari 6.4%
• Pekka Haavisto 5.3%
• Merja Kyllönen 4.4%
• Tuula Haatainen 3.2%
• Nils Torvalds 0.1%

References

1. Felin, Laura; Mella, Ilkka (30 August 2013). "Äkillisen rakennemuutoksen alueet 2007-2013" (PDF). Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
2. "Väestö 31.12. muuttujina Alue, Ikä, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot". Statistics Finland (in Finnish). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
3. "Väestö kielen mukaan sekä ulkomaan kansalaisten määrä ja maa-pinta-ala alueittain 1980 - 2016". Statistics Finland (in Finnish). 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.