Kaustinen
Kaustinen
Kaustby | |
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Municipality | |
| Kaustisen kunta Kaustby kommun | |
 The Church in Kaustinen on the sloping churchhill. | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kaustinen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°33′N 023°41.5′E / 63.550°N 23.6917°ECoordinates: 63°33′N 023°41.5′E / 63.550°N 23.6917°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Kaustinen sub-region |
| Charter | 1866 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Arto Alpia |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 361.12 km2 (139.43 sq mi) |
| • Land | 354.03 km2 (136.69 sq mi) |
| • Water | 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 218th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,213 |
| • Rank | 191st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.9/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 1.8% |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 18.8% |
| • 15 to 64 | 57.4% |
| • 65 or older | 23.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 22% |
| Website | www.kaustinen.fi |
Kaustinen (Swedish: Kaustby) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population about 4300 and covers an area of 361.12 square kilometres (139.43 sq mi) of which 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (31/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Halsua, Kokkola, Kruunupyy and Veteli. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
It is the home of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July. The "house band" is JPP. The comic strip bird Woodstock, named for the rock music festival in Woodstock, New York, is called Kaustinen in Finnish with obvious reference to this folk music festival.
Europe's largest lithium reserve is located in Kaustinen area[6]
Famous people from Kaustinen[]
- Kreeta Haapasalo (1813–1893), Kantele player and songwriter
- Konsta Jylhä (1910–1984), folk music composer, fiddler and master pelimanni
- Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944–2008), classical composer
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Mera litium än väntat i Karleby och Kaustby".
External links[]
Media related to Kaustinen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kaustinen – Official website
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