South Savonia
South Savo is a region in the south-east of Finland. It borders the regions of North Savo, North Karelia, South Karelia, Kymenlaakso, Päijät-Häme, and Central Finland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Mikkeli and Savonlinna.
Mikkeli
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Mikkeli is a cozy town in South Savonia province, Eastern Finland with a population of 54,400. It is 230 km NE from Helsinki and 100 km west from Savonlinna.
Savonlinna
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Savonlinna is a small city in South Savonia province, Eastern Finland, close to the Russian border. Savonlinna is one of the iconic tourism destinations of Finland with traditions of hospitality going back to the 19th century.
Pieksämäki
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Pieksämäki is a city in South Savonia province, Eastern Finland. Former municipalities of Jäppilä and Virtasalmi are also handled in this article.
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Rantasalmi
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Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region, 43 kilometres northwest of Savonlinna and 92 kilometres northeast of Mikkeli.
Puumala
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Puumala is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region. The municipality has a population of 2,083 and covers an area of 1,237.75 square kilometres of which 443.17 km2 is water.
Juva
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Juva is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region some 270 kilometres North-East of Helsinki. It was founded on 19 January 1442, and is the oldest parish/municipality in Finland whose exact date of birth is known.
Enonkoski
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Enonkoski is a municipality in South Savonia, Finland. It is the smallest in the region both in terms of area and population.
Pertunmaa
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Pertunmaa is a former municipality in South Savonia, Finland, today part of the Mäntyharju municipality.
Mäntyharju
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Mäntyharju is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region, about 40 kilometres southwest of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of 7,076 and covers an area of 1,210.98 square kilometres of which 229.23 km2 is water.
Sulkava
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Sulkava is a town and municipality in the South Savonia region of Finland, surrounded by Lake Saimaa and divided in two parts by Lake Saimaa's main watercourse, between the main Saimaa basin and Pihjalavesi.
Kangasniemi
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Kangasniemi is a municipality in the South Savo region, Finland. The municipality has a population of 5,057 and covers an area of 1,326.75 square kilometres of which 256.86 km2 is water.
Hirvensalmi
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Hirvensalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region. The municipality has a population of 2,046 and covers an area of 746.59 square kilometres of which 281.2 km2 is water.
Punkaharju
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Punkaharju is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Savonlinna on January 1, 2013. It was located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the South Savo region.
Kerimäki
Kerimäki is a rural former municipality, now part of Savonlinna. The namesake parish village lies by the lake Puruvesi. Kerimäki is best known for the world's largest wooden church.
Suomenniemi
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Suomenniemi is a former municipality in South Karelia. Suomenniemi is surrounded by Lake Kuolimojärvi, and in some places also Saimaa.
Savonranta
Savonranta is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of Savonlinna in early 2009. It was located in the province of Eastern Finland and was part of the South Savo region.
South Savonia
- Type: region of Finland with 142,000 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “Etelä-Savo”, “Södra Savolax”, “South Savo”, “South Savo region”, “Southern Savo”, and “Southern Savonia”
- Neighbors: Central Finland, Kymenlaakso, North Karelia, North Savonia, Päijänne Tavastia, and South Karelia
- Location: Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“South Savonia” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Savonia Jugore”
- Arabic: “سافو الجنوبية”
- Armenian: “Հարավային Սավո”
- Asturian: “Savonia del Sur”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Savo”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Savoniya”
- Balinese: “Savo Kelod”
- Basque: “Hego Savonia”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвае Сава”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ সাভোনিয়া”
- Bosnian: “Južna Savonija”
- Catalan: “Savònia del Sud”
- Cebuano: “Southern Savonia”
- Chinese: “Lâm Savonia Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “南萨沃区”
- Chinese: “南萨沃尼亚区”
- Chinese: “南薩窩”
- Czech: “Jižní Savo”
- Danish: “Etelä-Savo”
- Danish: “Södra Savolax”
- Dutch: “Etelä-Savo”
- Dutch: “Södra Savolax”
- Esperanto: “Etelä-Savo”
- Esperanto: “Södra Savolax”
- Esperanto: “Suda Savonio”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Savo maakond”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Savo”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Savo”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Savon maakunta”
- Finnish: “Södra Savolax”
- French: “Etelä-Savo”
- French: “Savonie du Sud”
- French: “Södra Savolax”
- Galician: “Savonia do Sur”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთი სავონია”
- German: “Etelä-Savo”
- German: “Södra Savolax”
- German: “Südsavo”
- Greek: “Βόρεια Σαβονία”
- Greek: “Νότια Σαβονία”
- Gujarati: “સધર્ન સેવોનિયા”
- Hebrew: “סאבו הדרומית”
- Hindi: “दक्षिणी सवोनिया”
- Hungarian: “Dél-Savo”
- Hungarian: “Dél-Szavónia”
- Icelandic: “Suður-Savonía”
- Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Savo eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Savo eennâmkodde”
- Indonesian: “Savo Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Savonia Selatan”
- Irish: “An tSabhóin Theas”
- Italian: “Etelä-Savo”
- Italian: “Savo meridionale”
- Italian: “Savo Meridionale”
- Italian: “Södra Savolax”
- Japanese: “南サヴォ県”
- Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಸವೊನಿಯಾ”
- Komi-Permyak: “Этеля Саво”
- Korean: “남사보 지역”
- Kotava: “SuomiaEteläSavoGola”
- Latvian: “Dienvidsavo”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Savas”
- Lombard: “Savonia del Sud”
- Malay: “Savonia Selatan”
- Marathi: “साउदर्न सवोनो”
- Mazanderani: “جنوبی ساوونیا ناحیه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Savonia Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Süüdsavo”
- Northern Sami: “Lulli-Savo eanangoddi”
- Northern Sami: “Mátta-Savo eanangoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Etelä-Savo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Södra Savolax”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Södra Savolax”
- Norwegian: “Södra Savolax”
- Ossetian: “Хуссар Саво”
- Persian: “ساوونیای جنوبی”
- Polish: “Etelä-Savo”
- Polish: “Sawonia Południowa”
- Portuguese: “Etelä-Savo”
- Portuguese: “Savónia do Sul”
- Portuguese: “Savônia do Sul”
- Portuguese: “Södra Savolax”
- Romanian: “Savonia de Sud”
- Russian: “Этеля-Саво”
- Russian: “Южная Савония”
- Russian: “Южное Саво”
- Russian: “Южный Саво”
- Scots: “Soothren Savonie”
- Serbian: “Јужна Савонија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Savonija”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු සැවොනියා”
- Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Savo mäddkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Savo”
- Slovak: “Etelä-Savo”
- Slovenian: “Južna Savonija”
- Spanish: “Etelä-Savo”
- Spanish: “Región de Savonia del Sur”
- Spanish: “Savonia del Sur”
- Spanish: “Södra Savolax”
- Swedish: “Etelä-Savo”
- Swedish: “Södra Savolax”
- Tamil: “சதன் சவோனியா”
- Telugu: “దక్షిణ సావోనియా”
- Thai: “เซาร์เทิร์น ซาโวเนีย”
- Turkish: “Güney Savonya”
- Ukrainian: “Південна Савонія”
- Urdu: “جنوبی ساوو”
- Urdu: “سدرن ساوونیا”
- Vietnamese: “Phía Nam Savonia”
- Western Panjabi: “تھلواں ساوونیا”
- Wu Chinese: “南萨沃尼亚区”
- Yue Chinese: “南薩窩”
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