Riistavesi is a former municipality in

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 ...

. It was established in 1923 in

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

province. Riistavesi became a part of Kuopio in 1973.http://www.toti.eu.com/nordic.municipalities/kunta.asp?id=441 Tilastotietoja suomen kunnista, ''finnish'' There were 2273 inhabitants in Riistavesi in 1970.

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