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Suonenjoki
Suonenjoki
	— Town —
Suonenjoen kaupunki
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Location of Suonenjoki in Finland
	Coordinates: 62°37.5′N 027°07.5′E / 62.625°N 27.125°ECoordinates: 62°37.5′N 027°07.5′E / 62.625°N 27.125°E
Country	Finland
Province	Eastern Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	Inner Savonia sub-region
Charter	1865
Market town	1967
City rights	1977
	Government
- Town manager	Olavi Ruotsalainen
	Area (2009-01-01)
- Total	862.35 km2 (333 sq mi)
- Land	713.61 km2 (275.5 sq mi)
- Water	148.74 km2 (57.4 sq mi)
Area rank	127th largest in Finland
	Population (2009-06-30)
- Total	7,627
- Density	10.69/km2 (27.7/sq mi)
Population rank	136th largest in Finland
	Population by native language
- Finnish	98.8% (official)
- Others	1.2%
	Population by age
- 0 to 14	14.6%
- 15 to 64	60.9%
- 65 or older	24.5%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate	19.5%
Website	www.suonenjoki.fi

Suonenjoki is a town and municipality of Finland.

Suonenjoki is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The town has a population of 7,627 (30 June 2009)^[2] and covers an area of 862.35 square kilometres (332.96 sq mi) of which 148.74 km² (57.43 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 10.69 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.7 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Suonenjoki is famous for its strawberries. It is also known as "the Strawberry Town". Lots of foreign people, mainly from Russia, come to Suonenjoki in summer to work on strawberry farms. That makes Suonenjoki the most international town of Finland at summer. There is a party in Suonenjoki in July called Mansikkakarnevaalit, "Strawberry Carnival". There was also a rock festival named Jörisrock, the last "Jöris" was held in 2006.

[edit] Geography, Traffic

Suonenjoki is situated between two important cities, Kuopio and Jyväskylä, and the main road 9 (E63) between those cities goes through Suonenjoki. The railway between Kuopio and Helsinki goes also through the center of Suonenjoki.

The neighbor municipalities of Suonenjoki are Rautalampi in the west, Tervo and Karttula in the north, Kuopio in the east, Leppävirta in the southeast and Pieksämäki in the south.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2009.pdf. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Population by municipality as of 30 June 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/AE1290D892E86719C22575EB002B065C/$file/090630.html. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2009". Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2008. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=6425;167571. Retrieved 8 March 2009.

[edit] External links

Media related to Suonenjoki at Wikimedia Commons
Town of Suonenjoki – Official website (Finnish)

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[total_area-0] "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2009.pdf. Retrieved 20 February 2009.

[population_count-1] "Population by municipality as of 30 June 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/AE1290D892E86719C22575EB002B065C/$file/090630.html. Retrieved 26 July 2009.

[population_by_language-2] "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.

[demography-3] "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.

[tax_rate-4] "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2009". Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2008. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=6425;167571. Retrieved 8 March 2009.

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