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
Region Northern Savonia
Sub-region Inner Savonia sub-region
Charter 1926
Government
 • Municipal manager Olli-Pekka Salminen
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 494.23 km2 (190.8 sq mi)
 • Land 347.71 km2 (134.3 sq mi)
 • Water 146.52 km2 (56.6 sq mi)
Area rank 235th largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
 • Total 1,710
 • Rank 302nd largest in Finland
 • Density 4.92/km2 (12.7/sq mi)
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 1,710 (31 January 2011)[2] and covers an area of 494.23 square kilometres (190.82 sq mi) of which 146.52 km2 (56.57 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.92 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.7 /sq mi).

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

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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