Mäntyharju

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Mäntyharju

Total population

6,418

Coordinates61.42°, 26.88°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mäntyharju is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of 7,034 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 1,210.98 square kilometres (467.56 sq mi) of which 229.23 km2 (88.51 sq mi) is water. The coastline is almost 1,520 kilometers (940 mi). The population density is 6.2 inhabitants per km².

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Edward Vesala

Finnish musician (1945-1999)

Jani Paasonen

Finnish rally driver

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Antti Jaatinen

Finnish ice hockey defenceman

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Johan Henrik Cygnæus

Zacharias Cygnæus

Swedish politician and priest (1733–1809)

Lauri Härö

sprinter (1899-1980)

Berndt Godenhjelm

Finnish painter (1799-1881)

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Emil Lindahl

Finnish politician

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Esa Illi

Finnish film director

Greta von Haartman

Finnish opera singer (1889–1948)

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Nestor Huoponen

Finnish politician (1861-1916)

Taavi Hahl

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Kari Cantell

Finnish physician, inventor and researcher

Antti Häkkänen

Finnish politician

Jari Puhakka

Finnish musician

Kake Randelin

Finnish singer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.