Kuhmo

Kuhmo
Town
Kuhmon kaupunki
Kuhmo stad
Kuhmo Town hall
Kuhmo Town hall
Coat of arms of Kuhmo
Location of Kuhmo
Coordinates: 64°07.5′N 029°31′E / 64.1250°N 29.517°E / 64.1250; 29.517
CountryFinland
RegionKainuu
Sub-regionKehys-Kainuu
Charter1865
City rights1986
Government
 • Town ManagerJuhana Juntunen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total5,456.78 km2 (2,106.87 sq mi)
 • Land4,807.07 km2 (1,856.02 sq mi)
 • Water649.97 km2 (250.95 sq mi)
 • Rank12th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total7,582
 • Rank125th largest in Finland
 • Density1.58/km2 (4.1/sq mi)
[2]
 • Finnish97.1% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others2.8%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1410.8%
 • 15 to 6451.5%
 • 65 or older37.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.kuhmo.fi

Kuhmo (known as Kuhmoniemi until 1937)[6] is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the south-eastern corner of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 7,582 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 5,456.78 square kilometres (2,106.87 sq mi) of which 649.97 km2 (250.95 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.58 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.1/sq mi). It shares a border of 120 kilometres (75 mi) with Russia (Finnish-Russian border). Neighbouring towns are Hyrynsalmi, Lieksa, Nurmes, Ristijärvi, Sotkamo and Suomussalmi. A neighbour city across the Russian border is Kostomuksha. Vartius, one of the border crossing points between Finland and Russia, is located in northern Kuhmo.

Kuhmo's eastern border is located at a drainage divider, and the town area is within the drainage basin of Oulujärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ Kuhmo – kulttuuri- ja erämaakaupunki Archived 2007-03-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

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