savonlinna is a town in finland. the population was almost 36,250 in january 2014. neighbouring municipalities are enonkoski, heinävesi, kitee, liperi, parikkala, rantasalmi, ruokolahti, rääkkylä, sulkava and varkaus. some parts of central savonlinna has been built over islands. over one-third of the area is water or islands.