Kinnula
| Kinnula | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Kinnulan kunta | ||
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Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula | ||
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 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 | Juha Urpilainen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[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 | 232nd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 1,741 | |
| • Rank | 300th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 3.78/km2 (9.8/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.4% (official) | |
| • Others | 0.6% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 16.1% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.4% | |
| • 65 or older | 22.5% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Website | www.kinnula.fi | |
Kinnula is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,741 (30 June 2015)[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] There are all together 66 lakes in Kinnula. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Yläjäppä Alajäppä and Iso-Koirajärvi.[6] The population density is 3.78 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.8/sq mi). Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Kinnula:
- Centre Party 53.2%
- National Coalition Party 14.7%
- Social Democratic Party 13.1%
- True Finns 12.0%
- Left Alliance 3.7%
- Christian Democrats 1.7%
- Green League 0.9%
Twinnings
Konguta 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.
- ↑ "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 (Finnish)
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