Rimpi, Kuhmo
village in Kainuu, Finland
Rimpi or Rimminkylä is a small village in northeastern Kuhmo, Finland, near the border with Russia. While sometimes considered part of the larger village of Vartius, Rimpi is distinguished from it and the rest of Kuhmo by its traditionally Karelian-speaking Orthodox Christian population, being one of three Karelian settlements in the Kainuu region along with Kuivajärvi and Hietajärvi in neighboring Suomussalmi.
As of 2020, there were no permanent inhabitants in Rimpi.
Geography
Rimpi comprises a few houses on the shore of lake Juortananjärvi and on the hills Huosiusvaara and Kiimavaara, near a road connecting Lentiira to the Vartius border crossing station. It has never officially been a separate village from Vartius, but has been treated as one locally and is culturally distinct from Vartius proper and the rest of Kuhmo. Rimpi forms a nationally significant cultural heritage site along with Kuivajärvi and Hietajärvi in Suomussalmi, with all three villages traditionally being inhabited by Karelians.
The Kultalähde or Kultakaivo spring, located near the Vartius border crossing point, is a local cultural-historical site. It is mentioned in the 1789 work Mythologia Fennica as a spring whose waters discharge into both the Gulf of Bothnia and the White Sea. According to a local legend, a treasure will be granted to the one who eats a frog from the spring. The nearby section of the Russian border has remained unchanged since the 1595 Treaty of Teusina.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q65243859. Authority coordinates are 64.512, 29.932. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1789 and 1595.
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