title: Rantasalmi
text: # Rantasalmi
  
  Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, 43 kilometres (27 mi) northwest of Savonlinna and 92 kilometres (57 mi) northeast of Mikkeli. The municipality has a population of 3,305 (28 February 2023) and covers an area of 925.20 square kilometres (357.22 sq mi) of which 366.61 $km^2$ (141.55 sq mi) is water. The population density is 5.91 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.3/sq mi).
  
  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 (1873–1950), a Finnish–American architect was born in Rantasalmi.
  * Laura Netzel (1839-1927), pianist, composer and conductor
  * Jukka Lehtonen (born 1982), volleyball player
  * Jarkko Immonen (born 1982), ice hockey player
  * Lauri Kaukonen (1902-1975), Secretariate Counsellor
  