Punkaharju
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| Former municipality | ||
| Punkaharjun kunta | ||
| Punkaharju Ridge
Punkaharju Ridge
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| Location of Punkaharju in Finland Location of Punkaharju in Finland |
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| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Southern Savonia | |
| Sub-region | Savonlinna sub-region | |
| Charter | 1924 | |
| Consolidated | 2013 | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • Total | 748.12 km2 (288.85 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 471.26 km2 (181.95 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 276.86 km2 (106.90 sq mi) | |
| Population (31 December 2012)[2] | ||
| • Total | 3,702 | |
| • Density | 7.86/km2 (20.4/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Website | www |
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Punkaharju is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Savonlinna on January 1, 2013.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 3,702 (31 December 2012) and covers an area of 748.12 square kilometres (288.85 sq mi) of which 276.86 km2 (106.90 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.8555/km2 (20.3457/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.[3]
Finnish Forest Museum Lusto and the Finnish forest research institute is located at Punkaharju, which hosts a research forest park open for visitors. In the park you can find some of the tallest trees in the whole Finland, for example pines in the height of 40 metres (130 ft). Punkaharju ridge is a famous national landscape protected by a national reserve.
References
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Punkaharju – Official site (Finnish)(English)
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