Nurmes 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 North Kareliaregion. The municipality has a population of 9,299 (2003) and covers an area of 1,855.14 km² of which 249.77 km² is water. The population density is 5.8 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. ... 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 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The beautiful ridge area of Raesärkät is, with its lakes, swamps and old-growth forests, a rare exception in the forest landscape of Nurmes.
The FPS logging plans in the Natura-area of Raesärkät and Rumakokangas, one of the last natural forests left in the region, thus came as a shock to the locals.
The inhabitants of Nurmes are not pleased by the actions of the FPS, as they would like to preserve the area untouched.
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