Tohmajärvi
Template:Infobox settlement Tohmajärvi (Template:IPA) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }})<ref name="population_count2">Template:Cite web </ref> and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is Template:Convert. 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 Republic of Karelia, is located Template:Convert 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.
Climate
Tohmajärvi has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc).Template:Weather box
Notable people
- Anna Easteden, actress and model
- Katri Helena, singer
- Siiri Rantanen, skier
- Seppo Räty, javelin thrower
- Algot Untola, author and journalist
See also
References
External links
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- Municipality of Tohmajärvi – Official website
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