Valtimo

Valtimo (lit. 'artery') is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with the town of Nurmes on 1 January 2020.

It was located in the North Karelia region. In 2019, the municipality had a population of 2,140 and covered an area of 838.07 km2, of which 37.75 km2 was water. The population density was. Neighbouring municipalities were Nurmes, Rautavaara and Sotkamo.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Places in Valtimo

 * Pumppuamo

People

 * Aki Karvonen (born 1957)
 * Jarmo Kärnä (born 1958)