Valtimo
Former Finnish municipality
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Former municipality in North Karelia, Finland
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Coat of arms
![Location of Valtimo in Finland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Valtimo.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg/150px-Valtimo.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg.png)
Location of Valtimo in Finland
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(2019-01-31)[2]
Valtimo (lit. 'artery') is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with the town of Nurmes on 1 January 2020.
It was located in the North Karelia region. In 2019, the municipality had a population of 2,140 [2] and covered an area of 838.07 square kilometres (323.58 sq mi), of which 37.75 km2 (14.58 sq mi) was water.[1] The population density was 2.553/km2 (6.613/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities were Nurmes, Rautavaara and Sotkamo.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Places in Valtimo
- Pumppuamo
People
- Aki Karvonen (born 1957)
- Jarmo Kärnä (born 1958)
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
External links
Media related to Valtimo at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Valtimo – Official website (in Finnish)
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