Sulkava
Sulkava [ sulkɑʋɑ ] is a municipality with 2846 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in eastern Finland. It lies approximately 40 kilometers southwest of the city of Savonlinna in the Saimaa lake region.
The municipality covers next to the Kirchdorf Sulkava numerous small settlements that are scattered on the lakes, rivers and eskers highly compartmentalized municipal area. In the south has Sulkava proportion of the island Partalansaari, with 170 square kilometers, one of the largest lake islands in Finland. The passenger and goods traffic on the waterway is thus of great importance. In summer the population of Sulkava increases by more than double when Finns mainly from the cities of the country here their cottages: refer (Finnish Mökkis ).
A castle hill near the village church was probably already fixed in the Iron Age and was used by the military until the late Middle Ages. The parish consists Sulkava since 1630; the eastern part of the village church Sulkava is the historic settlement core of the community, and still has some wooden houses from the 18th century on. The parish church of the village, a wooden double-cross church, was built in 1822 to designs by Charles Bassi, the free-standing bell tower already 1770. Today's community center in the western part of the parish village is dominated by functional buildings of the post-war period.
Sulkava is known primarily for the discharged annually Sulkavan Suursoudut, one of the world's largest rowing competitions.
Towns
The municipality covers next to the Kirchdorf Sulkava the places Eerikkälä, Hasula, Halttula, Heikkurila, Hintsala, Iitlahti, Kaartila, Kaartilankoski, Kaartilanmäki, Kaipola, Kammola, Karjulanmäki, Kommer Niemi, Koskutjärvi, Kyrsyä, Leipämäki, Linkola, Lohilahti, Maarala, Mäntynen, Partala, Pulkkila, Rahkolantaipale, Rauhaniemi, Ruokoniemi, Ruottila, Ryhälä, Sairalanmäki, Sammalmäki Seppälä, Sipilä, Sulkava Tannila, Telakanava, Telataipale, Tialanmäki, Tunnila, Väätälänmäki and Ylisenauvila.