Tohmajärvi

Municipality in North Karelia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Tohmajärvi in Finland

Coordinates: 62°14′N 30°20′E / 62.233°N 30.333°E / 62.233; 30.333Country

FinlandRegionNorth KareliaSub-regionCentral KareliaCharter1869SeatKemieGovernment

• Municipal managerOlli RiikonenArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total895.36 km² (345.70 sq mi) • Land837.82 km² (323.48 sq mi) • Water57.62 km² (22.25 sq mi) • Rank93rd largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,066 • Rank192nd largest in Finland • Density4.85/km² (12.6/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish93.9% (official) • Swedish0.2% • Others5.9%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1412.8% • 15 to 6453.8% • 65 or older33.4%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.tohmajarvi.fi

Tohmajärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtohmɑˌjærʋi]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 4,066 (31 December 2023)^[6] and covers an area of 895.36 square kilometres (345.70 sq mi) of which 57.62 km² (22.25 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee and Rääkkylä. The municipality of Värtsilä was consolidated with Tohmajärvi in 2005. Sortavala, a town in the Karelia, Russia, is located 81 kilometres (50 mi) south of Tohmajärvi.

Tohmajärvi is located along the Blue Highway, which is an international tourist route from Mo i Rana, Norway to Pudozh, Russia via Sweden. The border crossing to Russia, Niirala, is in Värtsilä, now part of Tohmajärvi.

One of the most significant highways in Tohmajärvi is Highway 9, which runs west through Joensuu, Kuopio, Jyväskylä and Tampere to Turku. The Blue Highway follows this highway to Tohmajärvi.

Notable people

Anna Easteden, actress and model
Katri Helena, singer
Maiju Lassila, author
Siiri Rantanen, skier
Seppo Räty, javelin thrower

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "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.