Maaninka

Coordinates: 63°09.5′N 027°18′E / 63.1583°N 27.300°E / 63.1583; 27.300CountryFinlandRegionNorthern SavoniaSub-regionKuopio sub-regionCharter1872Merged2015Government • Municipal managerSoile LahtiArea • Total575.13 km² (222.06 sq mi) • Land466.51 km² (180.12 sq mi) • Water108.62 km² (41.94 sq mi)Population • Total3,747 • Density6.5/km² (17/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Websitewww.maaninka.fi

Maaninka (Swedish: Maaninka, also Maninga) is a former municipality in the region of Northern Savonia, in Finland. It was merged with the city of Kuopio on 1 January 2015.

The municipality had a population of 3,747 (30 November 2014)^[2] and it covered an area of 575.13 square kilometres (222.06 sq mi) of which 108.62 square kilometres (41.94 sq mi) was water.^[1] The population density was 8.03 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.8/sq mi).

The municipality is mostly rugged forestland. The tallest waterfall in Finland, at 36 metres (118 ft) high, is located in Maaninka. The site, called Korkeakoski, has been a tourist site since the 19th century.^[3]

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

People born in Maaninka

• Taavetti Lapveteläinen (1860–1919)
• Nestor Väänänen (1877–1930)
• Tahvo Hiekkaranta (1879–1947)
• Tatu Nissinen (1883–1966)
• Salomo Savolainen (1883–1964)
• Pentti Pekkarinen (1917–1975)
• Olavi Kuronen (1923–1989)
• Tuula Väätäinen (1955–)
• Jari Räsänen (1966–)

Gallery

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  The Lutheran Church of Maaninka
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  The Lake Maaninkajärvi in the village of Tuovilanlahti, Maaninka.
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  The Kalapuro House serves as museum, Tuovilanlahti, Maaninka

References

External links

• Media related to Maaninka at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Maaninka – Official site (in Finnish)