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{{Infobox settlement |name = Punkaharju |official_name = {{lang|fi|Punkaharjun kunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|Punkaharju kommun}} |settlement_type = Former municipality |total_type = |motto = |image_skyline = Punkaharju road.jpg |image_caption = Punkaharju Ridge |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = Punkaharju.vaakuna.svg |shield_size = |image_map = Punkaharju.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg |mapsize = 150px |map_caption = Location of Punkaharju in Finland |pushpin_map = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Finland |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = South Savo |subdivision_type2 = Sub-region |subdivision_name2 = Savonlinna sub-region |seat_type = |seat = |parts_type = |parts_style = |parts = |p1 = |p2 = |government_footnotes = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = Charter |established_date = 1924 |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |extinct_title = Consolidated |extinct_date = 2013 |area_footnotes = <ref name="total_area">{{Cite web |url= https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls |title= Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011 |accessdate=9 March 2011 |publisher= Land Survey of Finland |format= PDF |language= Finnish, Swedish}} </ref> |area_total_km2 = 748.12 |area_land_km2 = 471.26 |area_water_km2 = 276.86 |area_water_percent = |population_as_of = 31 December 2012 |population_footnotes = <ref name="population_count">{{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> |population_total = 3702 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|61|45|N|029|24|E|region:FI|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |website = {{URL|www.punkaharju.fi}} }}
'''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. The municipality had a population of 3,702 (31 December 2012) and covered an area of {{convert|748.12|km2}} of which {{convert|276.86|km2|abbr=on}} was water. The population density was {{pop density|3702|471.26|km2|sqmi}}. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.<ref name="population_by_language">{{Cite web | url = http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090612185805/http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma%3D060_vaerak_tau_107_fi%26ti%3DV%E4est%F6%2Bkielen%2Bmukaan%2Bsek%E4%2Bulkomaan%2Bkansalaisten%2Bm%E4%E4r%E4%2Bja%2Bmaa%2Dpinta%2Dala%2Balueittain%2B%2B1980%2B%2D%2B2008%26path%3D../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/%26lang%3D3%26multilang%3Dfi | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 12, 2009 | title = Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008 | accessdate = 29 March 2009 | work = Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases | publisher = Statistics Finland }} </ref>
Finnish Forest Museum Lusto and the Finnish Forest Research Institute are located in Punkaharju, which hosts a research forest park open for visitors. In the park some of the tallest trees in the whole Finland can be found, for example pines in the height of {{convert|40|m|ft}}. The Punkaharju Ridge is a famous national landscape protected by a national reserve.<ref>{{cite web |title=Punkaharju Nature Reserve |url=https://www.nationalparks.fi/punkaharju |publisher=Finnish Forest Administration (Metsähallitus) |access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category-inline|Punkaharju}} * [http://www.punkaharju.fi/ Punkaharju] – Official site {{in lang|fi|en}}
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Category:Punkaharju Category:Populated places disestablished in 2013 Category:Former municipalities of Finland Category:Populated places established in 1924
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