Kuhmoinen
Kuhmoinen
Kuhmois | |
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Municipality | |
| Kuhmoisten kunta Kuhmois kommun | |
 A small pond in Isojärvi National Park | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kuhmoinen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°34′N 025°11′E / 61.567°N 25.183°ECoordinates: 61°34′N 025°11′E / 61.567°N 25.183°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Tampere sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Anne Heusala |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 936.68 km2 (361.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 660.94 km2 (255.19 sq mi) |
| • Water | 275.74 km2 (106.46 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 129th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,161 |
| • Rank | 252nd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.27/km2 (8.5/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 0.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 8.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 48% |
| • 65 or older | 43.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.75% |
| Website | www.kuhmoinen.fi |
Kuhmoinen (Swedish: Kuhmois)[6] is a municipality of Finland, in Pirkanmaa region.
Neighbour municipalities are Jämsä, Kangasala, Luhanka, Orivesi, Padasjoki and Sysmä.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nature[]
There are all together even 316 lakes in Kuhmoinen. Kuhmoinen lies on the west coast of Lake Päijänne. Biggest lakes in Kuhmoinen after Päijänne are Vehkajärvi and Isojärvi.[7]
Isojärvi National Park resides in Kuhmoinen on the south side of Lake Isojärvi.
Twinnings[]
Puhja Parish, Estonia[8]
People born in Kuhmoinen[]
- Robert Ruohtula (1853 – 1914)
- Joel Naaralainen (1867 – 1915)
Gallery[]
A military museum in Kuhmoinen
A mast in Kuhmoinen
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ^ "Kuhmoinen". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Sõprussidemed" (in Estonian). Puhja vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
External links[]
Media related to Kuhmoinen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kuhmoinen – Official website (in Finnish)
- Isojärvi National Park
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