Suontee, Finland (NC)


 * +Suonteen kunta
 * Area || 155.05 km²
 * Population Density as of || 10,297 66.4/km² 2005
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 * Population Density as of || 10,297 66.4/km² 2005
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Suontee is a municipality in the province of Eastern Savonia, state of Finland, Ugrian Union.

The adjacent municipalities are clockwise from north:


 * Suonenjoki
 * Jäppilä Rural Municipality
 * Haapakoski
 * Myhi

Demographics
Suontee has three areas of dense population:


 * Suontee-Herrala-Siistilä includes the municipal center Suontee (4,280) along the Savonian Railway, Herrala east of it (1,423) and Siistilä east of both (1,030). Total population: 6,733
 * Markkala is northeast of the municipal center along the Savonian Railway. Population 1,265.
 * Suihkola is north of Markkala, along the Savonian Railway. Population 855.

The rural areas have a population of 1,444. The most populated villages are Pörölänmäki (473) and Kutumäki (304).

99.4% of the population speaks Finnish as native language.

Public
The municipality is characterized by the Savonian Railway, which runs through all the population centers. Each of them has a railway station. All the stations are served by Sigone regional trains, that have a minimum interval of 30 minutes. Suontee railway station is also served by VR express trains.

Extensive bus traffic serves the municipal center:


 * Pieksämäki-Haapakoski, Finland (NC)-Suontee-Herrala-Siistilä (min. interval 1 h, 15 daily)
 * Suontee-Herrala-Siistilä-Markkala-Suonenjoki (min. interval 1 h, 12 daily)
 * Rautalampi-Suontee-Jäppilä-Varkaus (min. interval 1 h, 10 daily)
 * Kutumäki-Pörölänmäki-Viipperonharju-Suontee-Herrala-Siistilä (min. interval 2 h, 8 daily)
 * Myhinpää-Anttola-Pörölänmäki-Suontee (min. interval 1.5 h, 7 daily)
 * Hankasalmi-Anttola-Pörölänmäki-Suontee (min. interval 4 h, 3 daily)
 * Kurkimäki-Oravikoski-Paaspää-Suontee-Haapakoski (min. interval 5 h, 3 daily)
 * Hietakylä-Suontee (min. interval 9 h, 2 daily)

The central part of the municipality (Kutumäki, Pörölänmäki) is served by the numerous buses connecting Naarajärvi and Pieksämäki to Suonenjoki and Rautalampi through MR 15 or IR 4150.

Private
The municipal center is connected toward Rautalampi in the north and Jäppilä in the south via Regional Road 452. Intermediary Road 4521 connects Suontee to Suonenjoki in the northeast, IR 4522 to Haapakoski and Leppämäki in the southwest.

These all are ordinary two-lane roads. But the MR 15 connecting Mikkeli and Pieksämäki to Rautalampi and Suonenjoki is an expressway. Within municipal limits, there are two interchanges:


 * with IR 5417 ( (Myhi)-Ahvenkoski-Kutumäki )
 * with RR 542 ( Jäppilä-Mäkränkylä-(Rautalampi) )

Education
Both primary and secondary education are offered in the municipality by various schools:


 * Lower primary (ala-aste)
 * Heimolan ala-aste, Rautalammintie 10, 58170 SUONTEE
 * Uuhiniemen ala-aste, Kalliosaarentie 1, 58170 SUONTEE
 * Herralan ala-aste, Kaakkoisrinne 3, 58175 HERRALA
 * Ärjänsalmen ala-aste, Jäkäläkuja 1, 58179 SIISTILÄ
 * Markkalan ala-aste, Markkalantie 7, 58190 MARKKALA
 * Nuutilan ala-aste, Nuutilantie 146, 58199 SUIHKOLA
 * Suihkolan ala-aste, Suonenjoentie 940, 58199 SUIHKOLA
 * Kutumäen ala-aste, Kutumäentie 151, 58189 KUTUMÄKI
 * Pörölänmäen ala-aste, Karja-ahontie 5, 58180 PÖRÖLÄNMÄKI
 * Mäkränkylän ala-aste, Mäkräntie 196, 58189 KUTUMÄKI
 * Viipperon ala-aste, Viipperontie 434, 58185 VIIPPERO
 * Anttolan ala-aste, Ahvenisentie 1096, 58130 AHVENKOSKI
 * Upper primary (yläaste)
 * Kirkonkylän yläaste, Rautalammintie 20, 58170 SUONTEE
 * Markkalan yläaste, Laukanniityntie 10, 58190 MARKKALA
 *  lukio '
 * Suonteen lukio, Rauhanniementie 1, 58170 SUONTEE
 * Vocational (ammattikoulu)
 * S-SAO, Suonteen toimipiste, Jäppiläntie 18, 58170 SUONTEE

The nearest university is that of Pieksämäki