What is Maaninka?
[[File:Location of Maaninka in Finland.png|thumb|Location]] [[File:Maaninka.vaakuna.svg|right|90px]] '''Maaninka''' is a former [[municipality]] in the middle of [[Northern Savonia]], [[Finland]]. It had over 3,750 people living there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are [[Iisalmi]], [[Kuopio]], [[Lapinlahti]], [[Pielavesi]], [[Siilinjärvi]] and [[Tervo]]. ==History== Maaninka was established in 1872.<ref>http://www.maaninka.fi/00010364-kunnan-historiaa {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005112955/http://www.maaninka.fi/00010364-kunnan-historiaa |date=2013-10-05 }} finnish</ref> It was merged with the city of [[Kuopio]] on 1 January 2015. ==References== {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commons}} * [http://www.maaninka.fi/ The official Maaninka page] {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Former municipalities of Finland]]