Suomussalmi
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Suomussalmi is a municipality in Finland and is located in the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number]. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Ämmänsaari is the biggest built-up area in the municipality.
Suomussalmi is the second southernmost part of the reindeer-herding area in Finland.
During the Winter War of 1939–40, several battles were fought in the area around Suomussalmi, the most important ones being the Battle of Suomussalmi and the Battle of Raate. In these battles Finnish forces defeated numerically superior Soviet forces.
Formula One racing driver Heikki Kovalainen is from Suomussalmi, as well as the author Ilmari Kianto and the composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä, in addition to the ice hockey player, Janne Pesonen.[3]
Suomussalmi hosted the 2016 World Berry Picking Championship.[4]
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Suomussalmi:
- Left Alliance 36.3%
- Centre Party 30.9%
- Finns Party 20.5%
- National Coalition Party 5.2%
- Social Democratic Party 3.1%
- Christian Democrats 2.3%
- Green League 0.9%
- Other parties 0.8%
People
- Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865–1952)
- Hannes Tauriainen (1909–1971)
- Alho Alhoniemi (born 1933)
- Toini Gustafsson (born 1938)
- Matti Makkonen (1952–2015)
- Osmo Tapio Räihälä (born 1964)
- Tero Penttilä (born 1975)
- Merja Kyllönen (born 1977)
- Heikki Kovalainen (born 1981)
- Janne Pesonen (born 1982)
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Suomussalmi is twinned with:
Kalevala, Russia
Nordmaling Municipality, Sweden
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ C.G. (11 October 2017). "Explaining the Finnish love of tango". The Economist.
External links
Media related to Suomussalmi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Suomussalmi – Official website
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