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Taipalsaari

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Municipality in South Karelia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Taipalsaari in Finland

Coordinates: 61°09.5′N 028°04′E / 61.1583°N 28.067°E / 61.1583; 28.067Country

FinlandRegionSouth KareliaSub-regionLappeenranta sub-regionCharter1571Government

• Municipal managerJari WillmanArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total761.94 km² (294.19 sq mi) • Land344.69 km² (133.09 sq mi) • Water416.88 km² (160.96 sq mi) • Rank224th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,625 • Rank177th largest in Finland • Density13.42/km² (34.8/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish93.2% (official) • Swedish0.2% • Others6.7%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1415% • 15 to 6458.6% • 65 or older26.4%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)ClimateDfcWebsitewww.taipalsaari.fi

Taipalsaari is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 4,625 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 761.94 square kilometres (294.19 sq mi) of which 416.88 km² (160.96 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 13.42 inhabitants per square kilometre (34.8/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Lappeenranta, Lemi, Puumala, Ruokolahti and Savitaipale. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The average temperature during the summer months on Taipalsaari is the highest among Finnish municipalities.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Vietätkö sinä suvesi Suomen lämpimimmässä kunnassa? – Katso tilastot" (in Finnish). MTV Uutiset. Retrieved September 15, 2021.