Famous city from Finland.
Suomussalmi is a municipality in Finland located in the Kainuu region about 90 kilometres northeast of Kajaani, the capital of Kainuu and 120 kilometres south of Kuusamo.
The municipality has a population of 7,001 and covers an area of 5,857.60 square kilometres of which 587.03 km2 is water.
The population density is 1.33 inhabitants per square kilometre.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Ämmänsaari is the biggest built-up area in the municipality.
Suomussalmi is the second southernmost part of the reindeer-herding area in Finland.
During the Winter War of 1939–40, several battles were fought in the area around Suomussalmi, the most important ones being the Battle of Suomussalmi and the Battle of Raate Road.
In these battles, Finnish forces defeated numerically superior Soviet forces.
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