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Suomussalmi is a Municipality of Finland . Its seat is in '''Ämmänsaari'''. It is located in the Province of Oulu and is part of the Kainuu Region . The municipality has a population of 10,376 ( 2003 ) and covers an area of 5,856.9 km&2 of which 581.66 km&2 is water. The Population Density is 2.0 inhabitants per km&2. During the Winter War of 1939 - 40 , several battles were fought in the area around Suomussalmi. The most important beeing the Battle Of Suomussalmi and the Battle Of The Raate-road . In these battles weak Finnish forces defeated numerically superior Soviet forces. The municipality is unilingually Finnish . |
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