Tohmajärvi Explained

Tohmajärvi
Official Name:Finnish: Tohmajärven kunta
Swedish: Tohmajärvi kommun
Settlement Type:Municipality
Image Alt:center of Tohmajärvi
Coordinates:62.2333°N 50°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:North Karelia
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Central Karelia
Seat:Kemie
Leader Title:Municipal manager
Leader Name:Olli Riikonen
Established Title:Charter
Established Date:1869
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+02:00
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+03:00
Website:www.tohmajarvi.fi

Tohmajärvi (in Finnish pronounced as /ˈtohmɑˌjærʋi/) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of [1] and covers an area of NaNTohmajärvi}} ofwhich NaNTohmajärvi}}is water. The population density isNaNTohmajärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee and Rääkkylä. The municipality of Värtsilä was consolidated with Tohmajärvi in 2005. Sortavala, a town in the Karelia, Russia, is located south of Tohmajärvi.

Tohmajärvi is located along the Blue Highway, which is an international tourist route from Mo i Rana, Norway to Pudozh, Russia via Sweden. The border crossing to Russia, Niirala, is in Värtsilä, now part of Tohmajärvi.

One of the most significant highways in Tohmajärvi is Highway 9, which runs west through Joensuu, Kuopio, Jyväskylä and Tampere to Turku. The Blue Highway follows this highway to Tohmajärvi.

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  1. Web site: VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012. Population Register Center of Finland. Finnish, Swedish. 11 February 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131003192016/http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0. 3 October 2013.