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Maaninka (Swedish: Maaninka, also Maninga) is a former municipality in the region of Northern Savonia, in Finland. It was merged with the city of Kuopio on 1 January 2015.
The municipality had a population of 3,747 (30 November 2014)[2] and it covered an area of 575.13 square kilometres (222.06 sq mi) of which 108.62 square kilometres (41.94 sq mi) was water.[1] The population density was 8.03 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.8/sq mi).
The municipality is mostly rugged forestland. The tallest waterfall in Finland, at 36 metres (118 ft) high, is located in Maaninka. The site, called Korkeakoski, has been a tourist site since the 19th century.[3]
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
People born in Maaninka
- Taavetti Lapveteläinen (1860–1919)
- Nestor Väänänen (1877–1930)
- Tahvo Hiekkaranta (1879–1947)
- Tatu Nissinen (1883–1966)
- Salomo Savolainen (1883–1964)
- Pentti Pekkarinen (1917–1975)
- Olavi Kuronen (1923–1989)
- Tuula Väätäinen (1955–)
- Jari Räsänen (1966–)
Gallery
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The Lutheran Church of Maaninka -
The Lake Maaninkajärvi in the village of Tuovilanlahti, Maaninka. -
The Kalapuro House serves as museum, Tuovilanlahti, Maaninka
References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ Korkeakoski. Suomen vesiputoukset ("Waterfalls of Finland").
External links
Media related to Maaninka at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Maaninka – Official site (in Finnish)
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