Place:Tohmajärvi, Kuopio, Finland

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NameTohmajärvi
Alt namesTohmajarvi
TypeMunicipality
Located inKuopio, Finland
Also located inPohjois-Karjala, Itä-Suomi, Finland    
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Tohmajärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water.[1] The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee and Rääkkylä. The municipality of Värtsilä was consolidated with Tohmajärvi in 2005.

Tohmajärvi is located along the Blue Highway, which is an international tourist route from Mo i Rana, Norway to Pudozh, Russia via Sweden. The border crossing to Russia, Niirala, is in Värtsilä, now part of Tohmajärvi.

One of the most significant highways in Tohmajärvi is Highway 9, which runs west through Joensuu, Kuopio, Jyväskylä and Tampere to Turku. The Blue Highway follows this highway to Tohmajärvi.

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