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Kuhmon kaupunki
Coat of Arms Location
Founded 1865, gained city rights in 1986
Province Oulu
Region Kainuu
Sub-region Kehys-Kainuu
Area
- Of which land
- Rank		 5,457. The state of Finland consists of 6 provinces ( Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län) The Province of Oulu is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Lapland, Western Finland and Eastern Finland. Finland is divided into 20 regions ( maakunta in Finnish, landskap in Swedish) Kainuu (Kajanaland is a region ( maakunta / landskap) of Finland. In 2005 Finland is divided into 77 sub-regions ( seutukunta in Finnish, ekonomisk region in Swedish) 58 km²
4,820. 93 km²
ranked 11th
Population
- Density
- Change
- Rank		 10,449 (2004)
2. This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by Area as of 1st of January 2006: 17333 2 inh. /km²
- 1. 7%
ranked 96th
Urbanisation 61. This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by Population as of 31st of December 2005: Helsinki (Helsingfors Urbanizationn (also spelled urbanisation) is the physical growth of Urban areas into rural or natural land as a result of population in-migration to an existing 5%
Unemployment 25. Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work but the person is without work. 4%
Official languages Finnish
City Manager Eila Valtanen
Home page http://www.kuhmo.fi/

Kuhmo is a municipality in Finland and is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Kainuu region. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a City, in a council-manager form of city government ||-||}The municipalities ( kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The state of Finland consists of 6 provinces ( Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län) The Province of Oulu is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Lapland, Western Finland and Eastern Finland. Kainuu (Kajanaland is a region ( maakunta / landskap) of Finland. Finland is divided into 20 regions ( maakunta in Finnish, landskap in Swedish) The municipality has a population of 10,449 (2004) and covers an area of 5,457. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 58 km² of which 636. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 65 km² is water. The population density is 2. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 2 inhabitants per km². It has a borderline of 120 km with Russia.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside

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History

In the beginning of 17th century people of Kuhmo were part of parishes of Kajaani and Oulujärvi. Kuhmo became a municipality in 1865 and was known by the name Kuhmoniemi until 1937 when the name was shortened to Kuhmo. Kuhmo gained city rights in 1986.

During 19th century tar burning and burn-beating were economically essential to Kuhmo. Tar is a viscous black Liquid derived from the Destructive distillation of organic matter In the year 1900 tar production in Kuhmo was highest in Finland, at 1. 6 million litres.

The Winter War is an important event in the history of Kuhmo. The Winter War (Talvisota Советско-финляндская война - official Зимняя война - unofficial Vinterkriget began when the During the war Kuhmo was bombarded 48 times and ground battles took place as near as ten kilometers from the center of the town. After the war Kuhmo kept its eastern borderline unchanged in accordance with the Moscow Peace Treaty, thus having an unchanged borderline for 400 years straight since the Täyssinä Peace Treaty in 1595. The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on March 12, 1940, and the ratifications were exchanged on March 21

Culture

Kuhmo is well known for its Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival which is held annually. The festival was founded in 1970 by cellist Seppo Kimanen and a small group of friends. A book on this subject was published in 2006: "Listen, there's music from the forest: a short presentation of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival", in English and French, by Jean-Jacques Subrenat, ISBN 978-952-92-0564-6. Jean-Jacques Subrenat ( 1940 – is a French Diplomat who served as the Ambassador to the WEU in Brussels (1995-1998 to

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