It was consolidated with the municipality of Lapinlahti on January 1, 2011.

[4] The municipality was located in the Northern Savonia region in the province of Eastern Finland.

It had a population of 2,899 (31 October 2010)[2] and covered a land area of 483.02 square kilometres (186.50 sq mi).

[1] The population density was 6.00 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.5/sq mi).

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