Enonkoski

Enonkoski
Municipality
Enonkosken kunta

Enonkoski Church (Magnus Schjerfbeck, 1886)

Coat of arms

Location of Enonkoski in Finland
Coordinates: 62°05.5′N 028°56′E / 62.0917°N 28.933°E / 62.0917; 28.933Coordinates: 62°05.5′N 028°56′E / 62.0917°N 28.933°E / 62.0917; 28.933
Country Finland
Region Southern Savonia
Sub-region Savonlinna sub-region
Charter 1882
Government
 • Municipal manager Kari Kuuramaa
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 419.21 km2 (161.86 sq mi)
 • Land 305.84 km2 (118.09 sq mi)
 • Water 113.37 km2 (43.77 sq mi)
Area rank 247th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 1,458
 • Rank 306th largest in Finland
 • Density 4.77/km2 (12.4/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.3% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 1.6%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 13.6%
 • 15 to 64 60.3%
 • 65 or older 26.1%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.75%
Website www.enonkoski.fi

Enonkoski is a municipality of Finland. It is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Savonlinna in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region.

History

Enonkoski was founded in 1882. Before that it was part of Kerimäki and Heinävesi. The major reason for the foundation of independent parish of Enonkoski happened in 1858. Enonkoski did not have its own church, and on Sundays people had to row to the church to Kerimäki, a parish Enonkoski was part of that time. In 1858 there was a church boat accident in the lake Ylä-Enonvesi, which led to the death of eight people. After that, a Russian businessman and a leader of an Enonkoski glass factory and a sawmill decided to build a church in Enonkoski. He is alleged to have said: "the people in Enonkoski do not anymore have to drown on their trips to the church". The wooden church was built in the next year but it was destroyed in a fire caused by lightning in 1884. A new church made of wood, which is still in use, was built in 1886.

Languages

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

There also is a Russian speaking minority.

Religion

The majority of the people living in Enonkoski are Evangelical Lutheran. There is a church in the centre of Enonkoski, built in 1886. The only Evangelical Lutheran monastery in Finland, the Monastic Protestant Community in Enonkoski, is located in Enonkoski.

Transport

Enonkoski has one main road which leads to Savonlinna, 33 kilometres (21 mi) away. It also has other roads which lead to the small dock neighborhood called Hyypiänniemi and to another area known as Hanhivirta.

Amenities

Enonkoski is a very small town, with two small supermarkets, a gas station, a gift shop, and several bakeries/cafés and a bar infamous to the local population for the drunks that lounge around the area. It also has an old peoples home called Iltasatu literally meaning bedtime story.

Towards the edge of the town, near a fire station, there is a running track with a well-kept field (usually used for association football) in the middle. In addition, there is a school (grades 1–9) which has an ice skating rink, used in the winter, and an indoor sports arena. Adjacent to the school is a beautiful small library built in 1992.

Enonkoski also has a rehab facility for drug addicts.

Industry

The largest business in the town is a fish research plant where they raise fish in a controlled environment and then release them into the lakes which are abundant in the area.

Sport

Enonkoski has a juniors and senior volleyball team Enonkosken Pyrintö playing in the second highest tier of men's volleyball in Finland. Football club Karvilan Kivekkäät has a couple of youth teams and a women's team that won the regional championship in 2009. There is also a cross country track used for cross-country skiing in winter and jogging in summer. Participation in the yearly skiing competitions is very high. Orienteering is also quite popular sport. The sports club for athletics, skiing and orienteering is called Enonkosken Urheilijat.

Villages

Hanhijärvi, Ihamaniemi, Joutsenmäki, Karvila, Laasala, Makkola, Muhola, Paakkunala, Parkumäki, Simanala, Suurimäki and Vuorikoski are villages in Enonkoski.

Border changes

In 2009 the neighbouring municipalities of Enonkoski, Savonranta and the city of Savonlinna, unified as a one municipality. According to the law of Finland, the unifying municipalities must have a land connection between them, which Savoninna and Savonranta did not have. Because of that a land strip of 31.24 square kilometres (12.06 sq mi) was taken off from the area of Enonkoski municipality to connect the parts together.

References

  1. ↑ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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