Värtsilä
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Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. It merged with Tohmajärvi
Tohmajärvi
Tohmajärvi is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...
in 2005.
Värtsilä was located in the province
Provinces of Finland
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of Eastern Finland
Eastern Finland
Eastern Finland was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2010. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Western Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered Russia.- History :...
and was part of the North Karelia
North Karelia
North Karelia is a region in eastern Finland. It borders to the regions of Kainuu, Northern Savonia, Southern Savonia, South Karelia and to Russia.The city of Joensuu is the centre of the North Karelia region.- Municipalities :...
region
Regions of Finland
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. The municipality had a population of 647 (2003) and covered an area of 143.81 square kilometres (55.5 sq mi) of which 7.88 km² (3 sq mi) was water. The population density
Population density
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was 4.8 PD/km2.
The main language spoken in Värtsilä is Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
but new settlers from Russia
Russia
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and the people evakuated from the lost Karelian
Karelia
Karelia , the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden...
areas after the Second World War form Russian
Russian language
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and Karelian
Karelian language
Karelian language is a Finnic language spoken mainly in the Russian Republic of Karelia. Linguistically Karelian is closely related to the Finnish dialects spoken in eastern Finland and some Finnish linguists even classified Karelian as a dialect of Finnish...
speaking minorities.
Värtsilä used to consist of both the village today as well as Vyartsilya
Vyartsilya
Vyartsilya is an urban locality in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located near the border with Finland, west of Petrozavodsk. Population: Before World War II, Vyartsilya belonged to Finland and was named Värtsilä....
which since 1944 has belong to Russia
Russia
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.