Kinnula
Kinnula | |
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Municipality | |
| Kinnulan kunta Kinnula kommun | |
 Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kinnula in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°22′N 024°58′E / 63.367°N 24.967°ECoordinates: 63°22′N 024°58′E / 63.367°N 24.967°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Pekka Kanervio |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 495.71 km2 (191.39 sq mi) |
| • Land | 460.23 km2 (177.70 sq mi) |
| • Water | 35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 190th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,590 |
| • Rank | 277th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.45/km2 (8.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.4% (official) |
| • Others | 0.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 17.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 49.2% |
| • 65 or older | 33.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.5% |
| Website | www.kinnula.fi |
Kinnula is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,590 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 495.71 square kilometres (191.39 sq mi) of which 35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.45 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.9/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Kivijärvi, Lestijärvi, Perho, Pihtipudas, Reisjärvi and Viitasaari.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nature[]
There are all together 66 lakes in Kinnula. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, and .[6] Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula.
Politics[]
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kinnula:
- Centre Party 53.2%
- National Coalition Party 14.7%
- Social Democratic Party 13.1%
- The Finns 12.0%
- Left Alliance 3.7%
- Christian Democrats 1.7%
- Green League 0.9%
Twinnings[]
Konguta Parish, Estonia
Trøgstad, Norway
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
- ^ "Kinnula". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
External links[]
Media related to Kinnula at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kinnula – Official website (in Finnish)
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