Tervo

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,516 (31 July 2020),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Northern Savonia in terms of population. It covers an area of 494.30 square kilometres (190.85 sq mi) of which 146.52 km2 (56.57 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.36 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.3/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Keitele, Kuopio, Maaninka, Pielavesi, Rautalampi, Suonenjoki and Vesanto. 30% of area is covered by water. There is summer cottages as much as households.

For people with the surname, see Tervo (surname).
Tervo
Municipality
Tervon kunta
Tervo kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Tervo in Finland
Coordinates: 62°57′20″N 026°45′20″E
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Savonia
Sub-regionInner Savonia sub-region
Charter1926
Government
 • Municipal managerOlli-Pekka Salminen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total494.30 km2 (190.85 sq mi)
 • Land347.71 km2 (134.25 sq mi)
 • Water146.52 km2 (56.57 sq mi)
Area rank222nd largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total1,516
 • Rank282nd largest in Finland
 • Density4.36/km2 (11.3/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.1% (official)
 • Others0.9%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1411.5%
 • 15 to 6461.4%
 • 65 or older27.1%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19.75%
Websitewww.tervo.fi

Tervo is a municipality of Finland.

Marco Hietala, the bass player for Nightwish is from Tervo.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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