Place:Hirvensalmi, Mikkeli, Finland

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NameHirvensalmi
TypeMunicipality
Located inMikkeli, Finland
Also located inEtelä-Savo, Itä-Suomi, Finland    
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Hirvensalmi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water.[1] The population density is .

Neighbour municipalities: Joutsa, Kangasniemi, Mikkeli, Mäntyharju and Pertunmaa.

Hirvensalmi is often said to be an island municipality. Most people live on the mainland, but living on an island is not unheard of. Most islands, though, are only inhabited during the summer holidays, when holidaymakers come mainly from Southern Finland and double the population of Hirvensalmi. In the north lake Puula marks the border of Hirvensalmi and Kangasniemi, and in the west lake Suontee separates it from Joutsa.

The municipality is unilingual Finnish.

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