Heinävesi is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savoniaregion. The municipality has a population of 4,451 and covers an area of 1,318.43 km² of which 271.57 km² is water. The population density is 3.4 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Eastern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Southern Savonia is a region (maakunta / landskap) in the south-east of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ...