Kinnula
It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,615 (31 January 2019)[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 3.51 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.1/sq mi).
Kinnula | |
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Municipality | |
Kinnulan kunta Kinnula kommun | |
![]() Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula | |
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![]() Location of Kinnula in Finland | |
Coordinates: 63°22′N 024°58′E | |
Country | ![]() |
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 (2019-01-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,615 |
• Rank | 279th largest in Finland |
• Density | 3.51/km2 (9.1/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 99.4% (official) |
• Others | 0.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 16.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 61.4% |
• 65 or older | 22.5% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% |
Website | www.kinnula.fi |
Kinnula is a municipality of Finland.
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, Yläjäppä Alajäppä and Iso-Koirajärvi.[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
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References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "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
- Municipality of Kinnula – Official website (in Finnish)
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