Punkaharju | |
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Former municipality | |
| Punkaharjun kunta Punkaharju kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Punkaharju inFinland | |
| Coordinates:61°45′N029°24′E / 61.750°N 29.400°E /61.750; 29.400 | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Southern Savonia |
| Sub-region | Savonlinna sub-region |
| Charter | 1924 |
| Consolidated | 2013 |
| Area | |
• Total | 748.12 km2 (288.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 471.26 km2 (181.95 sq mi) |
| • Water | 276.86 km2 (106.90 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2012)[2] | |
• Total | 3,702 |
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Punkaharju is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town ofSavonlinna on January 1, 2013.
It was located in theprovince ofEastern Finland and is part of theSouthern Savoniaregion.The municipality had a population of 3,702 (31 December 2012) and covered an area of 748.12 square kilometres (288.85 sq mi) of which 276.86 km2 (106.90 sq mi) was water. The population density was7.8555/km2 (20.3457/sq mi). The municipality was unilinguallyFinnish.[3]
Finnish Forest Museum Lusto and theFinnish Forest Research Institute are located in Punkaharju, which hosts a research forest park open for visitors. In the park some of the tallest trees in the whole Finland can be found, for example pines in the height of 40 metres (130 ft). ThePunkaharju Ridge is a famous national landscape protected by a national reserve.[4]
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