Rantasalmi
# Rantasalmi

Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, 43 kilometres (27 mi) northwest of Savonlinna and 92 kilometres (57 mi) northeast of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of 3,305 (28 February 2023) and covers an area of 925.20 square kilometres (357.22 sq mi) of which 366.61 $km^2$ (141.55 sq mi) is water. The population density is 5.91 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.3/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Joroinen, Juva, Savonlinna, Sulkava and Varkaus.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

## Some villages

Asikkala, Osikonmäki, Putkisalo, Rantasalo, Torasalo, Tornioniemi, Tuusmäki and Vaahersalo.

## Notable people

* Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950), a Finnish–American architect was born in Rantasalmi.
* Laura Netzel (1839-1927), pianist, composer and conductor
* Jukka Lehtonen (born 1982), volleyball player
* Jarkko Immonen (born 1982), ice hockey player
* Lauri Kaukonen (1902-1975), Secretariate Counsellor
