Rantasalmi
Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region, northwest of Savonlinna and northeast of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which
is water. The population density is.
Neighbouring municipalities are Joroinen, Juva, Savonlinna, Sulkava and Varkaus.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Some villages
Asikkala, Osikonmäki, Putkisalo, Rantasalo, Torasalo, Tornioniemi, Tuusmäki and Vaahersalo.Notable people
- Eliel Saarinen, a Finnish–American architect was born in Rantasalmi.
- Laura Netzel, pianist, composer and conductor
- Jukka Lehtonen, volleyball player
- Jarkko Immonen, ice hockey player
- Lauri Kaukonen, Secretariate Counsellor