Rantasalmi

Rantasalmi
Municipality
Rantasalmen kunta Rantasalmi kommun
Rantasalmi centre
Coat of arms
Location of Rantasalmi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°04′N028°18′E / 62.067°N 28.300°E / 62.067; 28.300
Country	Finland
Region	South Savo
Sub-region	Savonlinna
Charter	1578
Government
• Municipal manager	Kristiina Järvenpää
Area  (2018-01-01) [1]
• Total	925.20 km2 (357.22 sq mi)
• Land	559.53 km2 (216.04 sq mi)
• Water	366.61 km2 (141.55 sq mi)
• Rank	153rd largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30) [2]
• Total	3,247
• Rank	208th largest in Finland
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
•  Finnish	93.5% (official)
• Others	6.5%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	11.4%
• 15 to 64	53%
• 65 or older	35.6%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.rantasalmi.fi

Rantasalmi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈrɑntɑˌsɑlmi] ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region, 43 kilometres (27 mi) northwest of Savonlinna and 92 kilometres (57 mi) northeast of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of 3,247 (30 June 2025) ^[5] and covers an area of 925.20 square kilometres (357.22 sq mi) of which 366.61 km² (141.55 sq mi) is water. ^[1] The population density is 5.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Joroinen, Juva, Savonlinna, Sulkava and Varkaus.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Some villages

Asikkala, Osikonmäki, Putkisalo, Rantasalo, Torasalo, Tornioniemi, Tuusmäki and Vaahersalo.

Notable people

• Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950), a Finnish–American architect was born in Rantasalmi.
• Laura Netzel (1839-1927), pianist, composer and conductor
• Jukka Lehtonen (born 1982), volleyball player
• Jarkko Immonen (born 1982), ice hockey player
• Lauri Kaukonen (1902-1975), Secretariate Counsellor

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Population increased most in Uusimaa in January to June 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-07-24. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 2025-07-24.
3. "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 2025-04-05.
4. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland . Retrieved 2 May 2021.
5. "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

External links

Media related to Rantasalmi at Wikimedia Commons Rantasalmi travel guide from Wikivoyage

• Municipality of Rantasalmi – Official website (in Finnish)