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{{Infobox settlement

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| leader_name = Matias Hildén

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| motto = {{lang|fi|Saimaan kaunein, Suomen kuumin.}} ({{langx|en|The most beautiful in Saimaa, the hottest in Finland.}})<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-6207811 YLE: Mikä on sinun kotikuntasi iskulause?] (in Finnish)</ref>

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|leader_name = Matias Hildén

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|established_title = [[Charter]]

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|established_date = 1868

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|area_footnotes = &nbsp;(2018-01-01)<ref name="total_area">{{cite web | url=http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/maanmittauslaitos.fi/files/attachments/2018/01/Suomen_pa_2018_kunta_maakunta.pdf | title=Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018 | website=National Land Survey of Finland | accessdate=30 January 2018}}</ref>

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| website = [http://www.puumala.fi/ www.puumala.fi]

|area_total_km2 = 1237.75

|area_land_km2 = 794.53

|area_water_km2 = 443.17

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|area_rank = [[List of Finnish municipalities by area|102nd largest]] in Finland

|population_as_of = 2019-01-31

|population_footnotes = <ref name="population_count">{{Cite web |url=https://www.stat.fi/til/vamuu/index.html|title=Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]|publisher=Statistics Finland|language=Finnish|accessdate=15 March 2019}}

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|population_total = 2182

|population_density_km2 = 2.75

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|population_rank = [[List of Finnish municipalities by population|259th largest]] in Finland

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|demographics_type1 = [[Languages of Finland|Population by native language]]

|demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="population_by_language">{{Cite web |

url = http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&amp;ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&amp;path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&amp;lang=3&amp;multilang=fi | title = Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008

| accessdate = 29 March 2009 | work = Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases | publisher = Statistics Finland }}

</ref>

|demographics1_title1 = [[Finnish language|Finnish]]

|demographics1_info1 = {{Number table sorting | 98.9 }}% (official)

|demographics1_title2 = [[Finland Swedish|Swedish]]

|demographics1_info2 = {{Number table sorting | 0.1 }}%

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|demographics1_info3 = {{Number table sorting | <strong class="error">Expression error: Unexpected / operator[[Category:ParserFunction errors]]</strong> }}%

|demographics1_title4 = Others

|demographics1_info4 = {{Number table sorting | 1 }}%

|demographics_type2 = [[Demographics|Population by age]]

|demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="demography">{{Cite web |

url = http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi | title = Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008

| accessdate = 28 April 2009 | work = Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases | publisher = Statistics Finland }}</ref>

|demographics2_title1 = 0 to 14

|demographics2_info1 = {{Number table sorting | 9.8 }}%

|demographics2_title2 = 15 to 64

|demographics2_info2 = {{Number table sorting | 61.6 }}%

|demographics2_title3 = 65 or older

|demographics2_info3 = {{Number table sorting | 28.6 }}%

|blank_name = Municipal tax rate<ref name="tax_rate">{{Cite web |

url = http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801 | title = List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011 | date = 29 November 2010

| accessdate = 13 March 2011 | publisher = Tax Administration of Finland }}</ref>

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|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]

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|postal_code_type = Postal code

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|area_code =

|website = [http://www.puumala.fi/ www.puumala.fi]

|footnotes =

}}

'''Puumala''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈpuːmɑlɑ|lang}}) is a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[Southern Savonia]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Puumala}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0 |title=VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012 |publisher=Population Register Center of Finland |language=Finnish, Swedish |access-date=11 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003192016/http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0 |archive-date=3 October 2013}}

'''Puumala''' is a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]].

</ref> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Puumala}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Puumala}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Puumala|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

It is located in the [[Southern Savonia]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count|Puumala}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0|title=VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012|publisher=Population Register Center of Finland|language=Finnish, Swedish|accessdate=11 February 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003192016/http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0|archivedate=3 October 2013|df=}}

</ref> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/total area|Puumala}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/waters area|Puumala}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/population density|Puumala|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].

The main road route through the region is route 62, which connects to [[Mikkeli]] to the north and [[Imatra]] to the south.

The main road route through the region is route 62, which connects to [[Mikkeli]] to the north and [[Imatra]] to the south. Until the year 1995 a [[cable ferry]] connected the two sides of Puumalansalmi-strait. In 1995, a {{convert|781|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} bridge replaced the ferry. The bridge is a very dominant structure when looking Puumala town center from a distance.

Puumala has relatively good services compared to the amount of population. In the town center is situated a post office, an [[Alko]] store, a kiosk, several supermarkets and a few restaurants. The reason for the survival of these entrepreneurs is the arrival of summer inhabitants who triple the population of Puumala during the season.

In historyJune it is remembered for being the site of a staged attack on1788, Swedish soldiers, by men wearing Russian military uniforms, but not actually serving inof the [[Imperial Russian Army]], onstaged 27an Juneattack 1788against the town. This would allow [[Gustav III|King Gustav III]] to declare a defensive [[Russo-Swedish War (1788-17901788–1790)|war]] against the [[Russian Empire]], as Swedish law prohibited starting offensive wars without approval by the [[Riksdag]].

The subject of Puumala's [[coat of arms]] refers to the local history: in the [[Treaty of Åbo]] in 1743, Puumala became a border parish, but due to its strategic ___location, the narrow Puumalansalmi has been the scene of several battles since the 16th century, which the flaming [[Shell (projectile)|bombshells]] on the coat of arms refer to. The coat of arms was designed by Tapio Vallioja, and the Puumala municipal council approved it at its meeting on September 24, 1962. The [[Ministry of the Interior (Finland)|Ministry of the Interior]] approved the coat of arms for use on April 18, 1963.<ref>{{cite book |title=Suomen kunnallisvaakunat |publisher=Suomen Kunnallisliitto |year=1982 |page=157 |isbn=951-773-085-3 |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat I:12 Puumala |url=http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=10281631 |publisher=Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto |access-date=July 27, 2022 |language=fi}}</ref>

The [[Puumala virus]] is named after this place as it was first isolated from samples from the Puumala area.

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== Gallery ==

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==External links==

{{commonscatcommons category-inline|Puumala}}

*[http://www.puumala.fi/index.php?page=puumala-naturally-beautiful Municipality of Puumala] – Official website

{{Adjacent communities

| Centre = Puumala

| N = [[Juva]], [[Sulkava]]

| E = [[Ruokolahti]] ([[South Karelia]])

| S = [[Taipalsaari]] ([[South Karelia]])

| SW = [[Savitaipale]] ([[South Karelia]])

| W = [[Mikkeli]]

}}

{{SouthernSavonia}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Southern Savonia]]

[[Category:Municipalities of South Savo]]

[[Category:Populated places established in 1868]]