Valtimo

Former Finnish municipality

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Former municipality in North Karelia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Valtimo in Finland

Coordinates: 63°40.8′N 028°49′E / 63.6800°N 28.817°E / 63.6800; 28.817CountryFinlandRegionNorth KareliaSub-regionPielinen sub-regionCharter1910Consolidated2020Government

• Municipal managerLeena MustonenArea

^[1]

• Total838.07 km² (323.58 sq mi) • Land800.35 km² (309.02 sq mi) • Water37.75 km² (14.58 sq mi)Population

(2019-01-31)^[2]

• Total2,140 • Density2.6/km² (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 ^[2] and covered an area of 838.07 square kilometres (323.58 sq mi), of which 37.75 km² (14.58 sq mi) was water.^[1] The population density was 2.553/km² (6.613/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities were Nurmes, Rautavaara and Sotkamo.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Places in Valtimo

Pumppuamo

People

Aki Karvonen (born 1957)
Jarmo Kärnä (born 1958)

References

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