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
editKemie 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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