Tervo

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Tervo
—  Municipality  —
Tervon kunta

Coat of arms
Location of Tervo in Finland
Coordinates: 62°57′20″N 026°45′20″E / 62.95556°N 26.75556°E / 62.95556; 26.75556Coordinates: 62°57′20″N 026°45′20″E / 62.95556°N 26.75556°E / 62.95556; 26.75556
Country Finland
Province Eastern Finland
Region Northern Savonia
Sub-region Inner Savonia sub-region
Charter 1926
Government
 - Municipal manager Olli-Pekka Salminen
Area (2009-01-01)[1]
 - Total 494.11 km2 (190.8 sq mi)
 - Land 347.68 km2 (134.2 sq mi)
 - Water 146.43 km2 (56.5 sq mi)
Area rank 238th largest in Finland
Population (2009-06-30)[2]
 - Total 1,753
 - Density 5.04/km2 (13.1/sq mi)
Population rank 310th largest in Finland
Population by native language [3]
 - Finnish 99.1% (official)
 - Others 0.9%
Population by age [4]
 - 0 to 14 11.5%
 - 15 to 64 61.4%
 - 65 or older 27.1%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.75%
Website www.tervo.fi

Tervo is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,753 (30 June 2009)[2] and covers an area of 494.11 square kilometres (190.78 sq mi) of which 146.43 km2 (56.54 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.1 /sq mi).

Marco Hietala, the bass player for Nightwish is from Tervo.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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