Mönni is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the eastern part of
Kontiolahti in
North Karelia,
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 ...
.
The village is home to about 200 people. The settlement of the village is located along the roads belonging to its hilly landscape. Some of the houses can be found at the end of the rolling areas framed by arable land. The scenic road leads from hill to another.
On the western edge of the village flows the
Pielinen River
Pielisjoki (River Pielinen) is a long river in Eastern Finland. It is the sixth most fast-flowing river in Finland and the largest river draining into Lake Saimaa. The river connects the two largest lakes in North Karelia, Pielinen and Lake Pyh ...
, over which the 35000-meter Mönni Bridge of the highway 5100 leads. By road, passing through the Mönni Bridge, there are more than 17 kilometers from the village to the center of Kontiolahti and about 30 kilometers to the center of
Joensuu
Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. Th ...
.
The village of Mönni is named after its resident Jaakko Mönninen (Jakob Mönnin), who lived there in 1614 according to the
Kexholm County's
land register
Land registration is any of various systems by which matters concerning ownership, possession, or other rights in land are formally recorded (usually with a government agency or department) to provide evidence of title, facilitate transactions, a ...
. In 1631, he had already moved to the village of Paihola.
Mönni is originally a circular expression for a
bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nor ...
, such as ''kontio'' and the ''mesikämmen''. Mönni, like several other animal names, has also become a surname in
Karelia
Karelia ( Karelian and fi, Karjala, ; rus, Каре́лия, links=y, r=Karélija, p=kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə, historically ''Korjela''; sv, Karelen), the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for ...
.
In the middle of the village is an old
school
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...
that serves as a village house. Mönni has a village association since 1979. Sports and wilderness clubs are Mönnin Veto and Mönnin Erä.
References
External links
Mönnin kyläyhdistyksen sivut(in Finnish)
Mönnin kylän historiaa(in Finnish)
Kontiolahti
Villages in Finland
{{EasternFinland-geo-stub