Savitaipale
Municipality
Savitaipaleen kunta
Savitaipale kommun
Savitaipale town hall
Savitaipale town hall
Coat of arms of Savitaipale
Coat of arms
Location of Savitaipale in Finland
Location of Savitaipale in Finland
Coordinates: 61°12′N 027°41′E / 61.200°N 27.683°E / 61.200; 27.683
Country Finland
RegionSouth Karelia
Sub-regionLappeenranta sub-region
Charter1639
Municipality1867
Government
 • Municipal managerJohanna Mäkelä
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total690.56 km2 (266.63 sq mi)
 • Land539.11 km2 (208.15 sq mi)
 • Water150.81 km2 (58.23 sq mi)
 • Rank160th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
 • Total3,229
 • Rank210th largest in Finland
 • Density5.99/km2 (15.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98% (official)
 • Swedish0.3%
 • Others1.7%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1410.9%
 • 15 to 6449.8%
 • 65 or older39.2%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.savitaipale.fi
Illustration in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845-1852.

Savitaipale (Finnish: [ˈsɑʋiˌtɑi̯pɑle]; literally translated the "clay passage") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 3,229 (30 September 2023)[2] and covers an area of 690.56 square kilometres (266.63 sq mi) of which 150.81 km2 (58.23 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.5/sq mi).

Savitaipale Church

The bastionné line of the coat of arms refers to Savitaipale's position as a border keeper in the period between the Treaty of Åbo concluded in 1743 and the border review carried out in 1812. The plough in the coat of arms refers to the local agriculture in the region. The coat of arms was designed by Viljo Savikurki, and the Savitaipale municipal council approved it on January 2, 1953. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on March 3 of the same year.[5][6]

People

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  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. ↑ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 161. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
  6. ↑ "Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat I:13 Savitaipale" (in Finnish). Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto. Retrieved July 26, 2022.

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