Sulkava
Municipality in Southern Savonia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sulkava is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,369 (31 December 2023)[5] and covers an area of 769.20 square kilometres (296.99 sq mi) of which 184.52 km2 (71.24 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.05 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.5/sq mi).
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Sulkava | |
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Municipality | |
Sulkavan kunta Sulkava kommun | |
Coordinates: 61°47′N 028°22′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Southern Savonia |
Sub-region | Savonlinna sub-region |
Charter | 1630 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Rinna Ikola-Norrbacka |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 769.20 km2 (296.99 sq mi) |
• Land | 584.42 km2 (225.65 sq mi) |
• Water | 184.52 km2 (71.24 sq mi) |
• Rank | 144th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,369 |
• Rank | 240th largest in Finland |
• Density | 4.05/km2 (10.5/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 96.6% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.2% |
• Others | 3.2% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 8.2% |
• 15 to 64 | 52.5% |
• 65 or older | 39.4% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.sulkava.fi |
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Neighbouring municipalities are Juva, Puumala, Rantasalmi, Ruokolahti and Savonlinna.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality is best known for the annual long distance rowing contest, Sulkavan Suursoudut, around Partalansaari ("Partala Island") on lake Saimaa.