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Tervo

Municipality in North Savo, Finland

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Tervo is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the former province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 1,388 (31 December 2025), making it North Savo's least populous municipality. It covers an area of 494.30 square kilometres (190.85 sq mi) of which 30%, or 146.52 km2 (56.57 sq mi), is water. The population density is 3.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.3/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Keitele, Kuopio, Maaninka, Pielavesi, Rautalampi, Suonenjoki, and Vesanto. Summer cottages are as prevalent as households. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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