Ilomantsi (Ilomants in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Kareliaregion. The municipality has a population of 6,690 (2003) and covers an area of 3,172.86 km² of which 401.96 km² is water. The population density is 2.1 inhabitants per km². The most eastern point of Finland and the continental part of European Union is located in Ilomantsi. Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Eastern Finland is a province of Finland. ... The Region of North Karelia is a region (maakunta / landskap) in eastern Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Pogosta, the municipal centre of Ilomantsi, is a junction of roads leading from the border to the West.
In the Saarilampi valley, to the left of the road leading towards the border, is a wooden antitank barricade and ditch that was built during the peace of 1940.
Sonkaja, on of the oldest villages in the Lake Ladoga catchment area in Ilomantsi, was the place where troops and units of the Finnish army concentrated in preparation for their East-Karelian campaign in 1941.
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