Kannonkoski
| Kannonkoski | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Kannonkosken kunta | ||
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Smoke sauna in Kannonkoski | ||
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 Location of Kannonkoski in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 62°58.5′N 025°16′E / 62.9750°N 25.267°ECoordinates: 62°58.5′N 025°16′E / 62.9750°N 25.267°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region | |
| Charter | 1934 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Maarit Autio | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 549.62 km2 (212.21 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 444.75 km2 (171.72 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 104.87 km2 (40.49 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 214th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 1,469 | |
| • Rank | 307th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (9/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 0.7% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 15.4% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 56.7% | |
| • 65 or older | 27.9% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Website | www.kannonkoski.fi | |
Kannonkoski is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,469 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 549.62 square kilometres (212.21 sq mi) of which 104.87 km2 (40.49 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 81 lakes in Kannonkoski. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Vuosjärvi and Kannonselkä.[6]The population density is 3.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.5/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
February 22, 1971: a school bus and a rail car collided at a level crossing 2.5 miles north of Kannonkoski station; six children were killed and some passengers were slightly injured.
Gallery
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Kannonkoski Church
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Kannonkoski rapids
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The altar of Kannonkoski Church
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Potmo railway bridge
Twinnings
Mäksa Parish, Estonia
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "Kannonkoski". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
External links
Media related to Kannonkoski at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kannonkoski – Official website (Finnish)
- Mikko Hirvonen, Kannonkoski born rally driver - Official website
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