Mäntyharju
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| Province | Eastern Finland |
| Region | Southern Savonia |
| Sub-region | Mikkeli |
| City manager | Jussi Teittinen |
| Official languages | Finnish |
| Area - total - land |
ranked 52nd 1,210.49 km² 982.46 km² |
| Population - total (2004) - change - density |
ranked 157th 6,952 -0.7 % 6.2/km² |
| Urbanisation | 64.1 % |
| Unemployment rate | 14.2 % |
| http://www.mantyharju.fi/ | |
Mäntyharju (IPA: ['mæntyˌɦɑrju]; "Pine Ridge") is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 6,915 (2006) and covers an area of 1,210.49 km² of which 228.03 km² is lakes. The coastline is almost 1,520 kilometers. The population density is 6.2 inhabitants per km².
Part of the culture of Finland are the summer houses or cottages located in the countryside, where most Finnish families spend their summer holidays. Mäntyharju is the municipality which has the fifth most summer houses in Finland [1]. Some of the reasons for Mäntyharju's popularity involves its many pure lakes and a relatively short distance to Helsinki. Because of the many summer houses, population of Mäntyharju more than doubles during the most popular summer holiday times.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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