Vehmersalmi
Vehmersalmi is a former municipality of Finland. It has been a part of the city of Kuopio since January 1, 2005.
It is located in the former province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Savo region. The municipality had a population of 2,053 (2003) and covered an area of 550.59 km2 of which 202.47 km2 is water. The population density was 5.9 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Vehmersalmi ceased to exist as of 1 January 2005 when it was merged into Kuopio.
Villages
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Enonlahti, Horsmanlahti, Juonionlahti, Jänissalo, Litmaniemi, Miettilä, Niinimäki, Putroniemi, Puutosmäki, Ritoniemi, Roikansaari, Räsälä, Vuorisalo, Mustinlahti and Kohma.
Culture
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[edit | edit source]In the 1980s, stockfish soup was considered the traditional food of the former parish of Vehmersalmi.[1]
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