Sotkamo

Sotkamo

Sotkamo is a municipality of Finland, located in the province of Oulu and the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 10,852 (2005) and covers an area of 2,950.15 km² of which 300.46 km² is water. The population density is 4.0 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Vuokatti, west of Sotkamo, is a popular skiing resort. The Hiidenportti National Park is located in the municipality.

In sports, Sotkamo is known for its Finnish baseball team, Sotkamon Jymy.

History

Sotkamo has grown beside a water route formed by a continuous band of lakes and rivers. Half of the water runs to the White Sea and the other half to the Baltic Sea. The so called "Sotkamo route" was one of the most important commercial water routes in the past. It made it possible for the Russians to navigate their commercial vessels through a curly and labyrinth-like water route deep from the Russian inland all the way to the Baltic Sea. The same water route has been used by soldiers of Russia, Sweden and Denmark to rob and ravage this remote countryside for centuries. The name Sotkamo comes either from the Finnish word "sotku" which means a mess and refers to the obscure water route or from the word "sotka" which was a general name for water birds in ancient Finnish.

During the 19th century Sotkamo was visited by notable Finnish artists such as Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Hugo Simberg.

2007

On November 17th 2007 first pictures of the Kern arc were made in the town of Sotkamo by Marko Mikkilä.

Economy

Beside tourism, mining is important for the economy of Sotkamo. Mondo Minerals Oy mines talc in Lahnaslampi and the biggest unutilized nickel deposit in Europe is in Talvivaara. There are plans by Talvivaara Mining Company to utilize the reserves in the near future.

Famous people from Sotkamo

*Anders Chydenius
*Veikko Huovinen

External links

* [http://www.sotkamo.fi/ Official website of Sotkamo municipality]


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