Eno, Finland

Eno is a former municipality of Finland, now part of Joensuu. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 6,764 (as of January 1, 2006) and covered an area of 1,088.25 km² of which 149.30 km² was water. The population density was 6.2 inhabitants per km².

Eno railway station is the first station north of Joensuu on the railway between Joensuu and Nurmes.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The name Eno comes from the Karelian word, which means the center of the river, where the water flows most strongly.^[1] The beaver of the coat of arms on the triple hill refers to Majoinvaara in Eno, and the ax carried on its shoulder symbolizes deforestation and forestry. The coat of arms was designed by Ahti Hammar and approved by Eno's municipal council at its meeting on November 22, 1954. The coat of arms was approved for use by the Ministry of the Interior on April 15, 1955.^[2]

Eno was consolidated with Joensuu on January 1, 2009.^[3]

Notable people

Kari Tykkyläinen (born 1953), sculptor and video artist^[4]

References

^ Sirkka Paikkala (2007). Suomalainen paikannimikirja (in Finnish). Helsinki: Karttakeskus : Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus. p. 48. ISBN 9789515939760.
^ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 128. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
^ "Suur-Joensuu syntyy". Karjalainen (in Finnish). Joensuu. December 17, 2007. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
^ "Kari Tykkyläisen kotisivut" (in Finnish). Retrieved July 9, 2012..