The Mikkeli Province ( fi, Mikkelin lääni, sv, S:t Michels län) was a
province
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of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
from 1831 to 1997. The province was named after the city of
Mikkeli
Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34,000 i ...
.
Parts of the province were transferred to the
Central Finland Province in 1960. In 1997 it was merged with
Kuopio Province
The Kuopio Province ( fi, Kuopion lääni, sv, Kuopio län, russian: Куопиоская губерния) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. The province was named after its capital, city of Kuopio.
History
The predecessor of pro ...
and
Northern Karelia Province into the new
Eastern Finland Province
Eastern Finland ( fi, Itä-Suomen lääni, sv, Östra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Western Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered Russia to the east.
History
On Septe ...
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Maps
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Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)
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Anttola
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Enonkoski
Enonkoski () is a municipality of Finland. It is encircled by the city of Savonlinna in the Southern Savonia region. It is the smallest municipality in Southern Savonia in terms of population.
History
Enonkoski was founded in 1882. Before that it ...
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Hartola
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Haukivuori
Haukivuori is a List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland located in the provinces of Finland, province of Eastern Finland and part of the Southern Savonia regions of Finland, region. The municipality had a populati ...
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Heinola
Heinola () is a town and a municipality of inhabitants () located in the eastern part of the Päijänne Tavastia region, Finland, near the borders of the South Savonia region and the Kymenlaakso region. It is the third largest municipality in ...
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Heinävesi
Heinävesi () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Savonlinna, Varka ...
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Hirvensalmi
Hirvensalmi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of
()
and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
.
Neighbour municipalities: Joutsa, Kangasniem ...
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Joroinen
Joroinen is a municipality in the North Savo region of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia sub-region. The municipality has a population of approximately 4,626 people and covers an area of ...
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Juva
Juva ( sv, Juva, also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region some North-East of Helsinki. It was founded on 19 January 1442, and is the oldest parish/municipality in Finland whose exact date of birth is known ...
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Jäppilä
Jäppilä () is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2004, it was merged to Pieksämäen maalaiskunta and Virtasalmi to form the new municipality of Pieksänmaa, which merged with the town of Pieksämäki in 2007. The village of Jäpp ...
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Kangaslampi
Kangaslampi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Varkaus on 1 January 2005.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality had a population of 1,611 (31 Dece ...
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Kangasniemi
Kangasniemi is a municipality in the Southern Savonia region, Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Kangasniemi is located on the Finnish national road 13, north ...
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Kerimäki
Kerimäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Savonlinna on January 1, 2013.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality was unilingually Finni ...
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Mikkeli
Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34,000 i ...
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Mikkelin mlk
Mikkelin maalaiskunta (abbreviated ''Mikkelin mlk'', sv, Sankt Michels landskommun) is a former municipality of Finland located in the modern region of Southern Savonia. Together with Anttola, it was consolidated with the town of Mikkeli in 200 ...
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Mäntyharju
Mäntyharju (, literally 'Pine Ridge') is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The coastline is almost . The population density ...
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Pertunmaa
Pertunmaa () is a municipality of Finland located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which
is water. The population density is .
Neighbour municipalities are Hartola, Heinola, Hirv ...
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Pieksämäki
Pieksämäki () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, about north of Mikkeli, east of Jyväskylä and south of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The ...
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Pieksämäen mlk
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Punkaharju
Punkaharju is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Savonlinna on January 1, 2013.
It was located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region.
The municipality had a population of ...
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Puumala
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Rantasalmi
Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, northwest of Savonlinna and northeast of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which
is water. The population density i ...
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Ristiina
Ristiina (; in Swedish language, Swedish also known as ''Kristina'') was a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It was founded in 1649 and it was named after Kristina Stenbock, the wife of Governor-General in the Swedish Realm, Gover ...
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Savonlinna
Savonlinna (, , ; sv, Nyslott, lit=New Castle) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region, which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mikke ...
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Savonranta
Savonranta is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of Savonlinna in early 2009.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality had a population of 1,263 (2003) and cov ...
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Sulkava
Sulkava is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Neighbouring municipalities are Juva, Puumala, R ...
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Sysmä
Sysmä () is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hartol ...
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Virtasalmi
Virtasalmi is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004, it was joined to the new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä and Pieksämäen maalaiskunta
Pieksämäen maalaiskunta is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, ...
Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)
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Heinolan mlk
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Sääminki
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Governors
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Abraham Joakim Molander-Nordenheim 1831–1837
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Gabriel Anton Cronstedt 1837–1840
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Otto Abraham Boije 1840–1847
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Alexander Thesleff 1847–1853
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Carl Fabian Langenskiöld 1853–1854
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1854–1856
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Bernhard Indrenius 1856
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Samuel Werner von Troil
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1856–1863
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Theodor Sebastian Gustaf Thilén 1863–1869
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Carl Gustav Mortimer von Kraemer 1869–1873
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Edvard Reinhold von Ammondt 1874–1875
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Hjalmar Sebastian Nordenstreng 1876–1883
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August Alexander Järnefelt 1883–1884
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Gustav Axel Samuel von Troil
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1884–1889
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Johannes Gripenberg 1889–1891
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Knut Robert Carl Walfrid Spåre 1891–1899
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Lennart Fritiof Munck
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1900–1903
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Aleksander Watatzi 1903–1905
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Anton Leonard von Knorring 1905–1910
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Eliel Ilmari Vuorinen 1910–1911
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Leo Aristides Sirelius 1911–1916
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Nikolai Sillman
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1916–1917
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Aleksanteri August Aho 1917
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Ernst Edvard Rosenqvist 1918–1927
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Albin Pulkkinen 1927–1933
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Emil Jatkola 1933–1948
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He and Ivan Hlinka of the Pi ...
1949–1957
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Urho Kiukas 1957–1970
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Viljo Virtanen 1970–1979
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Uuno Voutilainen 1979–1989
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Juhani Kortesalmi 1989–1997
Provinces of Finland (1917–97)
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