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'''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]].

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|accessdate=11 February 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003192016/http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0|archivedate=3 October 2013}}

</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}}.

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 June 1788, Swedish soldiers wearing uniforms of the [[Imperial Russian Army]], staged an attack against 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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*[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}}