Facts About Nurmes
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Nurmes is a town and municipality of Finland. It was located in the former province of Eastern Finland until 2010 and is now in the North Karelia region.
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The municipality is officially unilingually Finnish, but in 2009, Finland’s first Karelian language “nest” was established in Nurmes.
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Key industries of Nurmes are wood industry, food industry and metal and mechanical engineering.
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Nurmes is twinned with: Laholm, Sweden; Møn, Denmark; Ørsta, Norway; Volda, Norway & Segezha, Russia.
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The Population of Nurmes is 7,619, as of 31 January 2019.
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There is three hiking areas in Nurmes: Raesärkkä, Mujejärvi & Lake Peurajärvi.
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Nurmes declared Finland’s Christmas Song City in 2005 and the European Christmas Song City in 2009.