Tervo
Municipality
Tervon kunta
Tervo kommun
Kolu canal
Kolu canal
Coat of arms of Tervo
Coat of arms
Location of Tervo in Finland
Location of Tervo in Finland
Coordinates: 62°57′20″N 026°45′20″E / 62.95556°N 26.75556°E / 62.95556; 26.75556
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Savonia
Sub-regionInner Savonia sub-region
Charter1926
Government
 • Municipal managerOlli-Pekka Salminen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total494.30 km2 (190.85 sq mi)
 • Land347.75 km2 (134.27 sq mi)
 • Water146.52 km2 (56.57 sq mi)
 • Rank222nd largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
 • Total1,409
 • Rank281st largest in Finland
 • Density4.05/km2 (10.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish97.9% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others1.9%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 149.2%
 • 15 to 6451.6%
 • 65 or older39.2%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.tervo.fi

Tervo is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,409 (30 September 2023),[2] making it Northern Savonia's least populous municipality. It covers an area of 494.30 square kilometres (190.85 sq mi) of which 146.52 km2 (56.57 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.05 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.5/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Keitele, Kuopio, Maaninka, Pielavesi, Rautalampi, Suonenjoki, and Vesanto. 30% of its area is covered by water. Summer cottages are as prevalent as households. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Marko Hietala, the bass player for Nightwish, is from Tervo.

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.

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