Uukuniemi
![Coat of Arms of former municipality Uukuniemi](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Uukuniemi.vaakuna.svg/75px-Uukuniemi.vaakuna.svg.png)
Uukuniemi is a former municipality of Finland.
It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 516 (2003) and it covered an area of 156.58 km² of which 54.88 km² was water. The population density was 5.1 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish. It was annexed with municipalities of Saari and Parikkala on January 1, 2005. The new municipality was named Parikkala.
External links[]
Media related to Uukuniemi at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 61°47′10″N 30°00′25″E / 61.78611°N 30.00694°E
Categories:
- Former municipalities of Finland
- Parikkala
- Populated places disestablished in 2005
- 2005 disestablishments in Finland
- Southern Finland Province geography stubs