Tuusniemi

Tuusniemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, 59 kilometres (37 mi) east of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 2,308 (31 December 2024)^[3] and covers an area of 699.43 square kilometres (270.05 sq mi) of which 156.15 km² (60.29 sq mi) is water.^[2] The population density is 4.25 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.0/sq mi)

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Tuusniemi
Municipality
Tuusniemen kunta Tuusniemi kommun
Tuusniemi town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Tuusniemi in Finland
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Country	Finland
Region	North Savo
Sub-region	North Eastern Savonia
Charter	1870
Government
• Municipal manager	Timo Kiviluoma [1]
Area  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	699.43 km2 (270.05 sq mi)
• Land	543.18 km2 (209.72 sq mi)
• Water	156.15 km2 (60.29 sq mi)
• Rank	157th largest in Finland
Population  (2024-12-31)[3]
• Total	2,308
• Rank	244th largest in Finland
• Density	4.25/km2 (11.0/sq mi)
Population by native language [4]
• Finnish	97.4% (official)
• Others	2.6%
Population by age [5]
• 0 to 14	10%
• 15 to 64	53.4%
• 65 or older	36.6%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.tuusniemi.fi

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Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Juankoski, Kaavi, Kuopio, Leppävirta and Outokumpu.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.