Mäntyharju

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Template:Kuntainfo Image:Mäntyharjun vaakuna.png Mäntyharju (IPA: Template:IPA; "Pine Ridge") is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 7,013 (2003) and covers an area of 1,210.49 km² of which 228.03 km² is lakes. The population density is 7.1 inhabitants per km².

Part of the Finnish culture are the summer houses located in the countryside, where most Finnish families spend their summer holidays. Mäntyharju has the second most summer houses in Finland, surpassed only by the municipality of Kuusamo. One of the reasons for Mäntyharju's popularity involves its many pure lakes.

Because of the many summer houses, population of Mäntyharju more than doubles during the most popular summer holiday times.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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