Kemie (also known as Tohmajärvi) is a village and administrative center of the Tohmajärvi municipality in North Karelia, Finland.[2][3] At the end of 2020, the village had 1,445 inhabitants.[1] It is located along the Highway 9, and like several North Karelian human settlements, Kemie has developed on top of a large, forested hill called vaara.[4]
Kemie | |
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Village | |
 Kemie's centre | |
  Kemie Location in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°13′30.46354″N 30°20′08.17447″E / 62.2251287611°N 30.3356040194°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | North Karelia |
| Municipality | Tohmajärvi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.68 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,445 |
| • Density | 3,088/km2 (8,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The Tohmajärvi Church is located at Kirkkoniemi on the northern shore of Lake Tohmajärvi, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of the Kemie village.[2][5]
History edit
Kemie was first mentioned in 1618. The village name is derived from the nearby hill Kemienmäki, locally Kemmiimmäki, meaning "hill of meadows" (kemien is the plural genitive form of a dialectal word kemi). The name of Selkie in Kontiolahti has been formed similarly.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b "Taajamat väkiluvun ja väestöntiheyden mukaan, 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ a b "Kemie". asiointi.maanmittauslaitos.fi (in Finnish). Kansalaisen karttapaikka. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ Räisänen, Alpo. "Kemie" (PDF). Suomalainen paikannimikirja (in Finnish). Kotimaisten kielten keskus. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ Kalevi Rikkinen & Hannes Sihvo (1985). "Osa 4: Kaakkois-Suomi, Pohjois-Karjala". Finlandia: Otavan iso maammekirja (in Finnish). Otava. pp. 376–379. ISBN 951-1-08662-6.
- ^ "Tohmajärvi (02.013.1.001)". Järviwiki (in Finnish). Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 152. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
External links edit
- Kemie's location at Fonecta
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