Misplaced Pages

Valtimo

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Former Finnish municipality

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Finnish. (June 2023) Click for important translation instructions.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Finnish Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|fi|Valtimo}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
Former municipality in North Karelia, Finland
Valtimo
Former municipality
Valtimon kunta
Valtimo kommun
Valtimo ChurchValtimo Church
Coat of arms of ValtimoCoat of arms
Location of Valtimo in FinlandLocation of Valtimo in Finland
Coordinates: 63°40.8′N 028°49′E / 63.6800°N 28.817°E / 63.6800; 28.817
CountryFinland
RegionNorth Karelia
Sub-regionPielinen sub-region
Charter1910
Consolidated2020
Government
 • Municipal managerLeena Mustonen
Area
 • Total838.07 km (323.58 sq mi)
 • Land800.35 km (309.02 sq mi)
 • Water37.75 km (14.58 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,140
 • Density2.6/km (6.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.valtimo.fi

Valtimo (lit. 'artery') is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with the town of Nurmes on 1 January 2020.

It was located in the North Karelia region. In 2019, the municipality had a population of 2,140 and covered an area of 838.07 square kilometres (323.58 sq mi), of which 37.75 km (14.58 sq mi) was water. The population density was 2.553/km (6.613/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities were Nurmes, Rautavaara and Sotkamo.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Places in Valtimo

People

References

  1. ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

External links

Municipalities of North Karelia
Municipalities Coat of arms of North Karelia
Former municipalities


Stub icon

This Eastern Finland location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Valtimo Add topic