Kaustinen

Kaustinen (Swedish: Kaustby) is a municipality of Finland.

Kaustinen

Kaustby
Municipality
Kaustisen kunta
Kaustby kommun
The Church in Kaustinen on the sloping churchhill.
Coat of arms
Location of Kaustinen in Finland
Coordinates: 63°33′N 023°41.5′E
Country Finland
RegionCentral Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionKaustinen sub-region
Charter1866
Government
 • Municipal managerArto Alpia
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total361.12 km2 (139.43 sq mi)
 • Land354.03 km2 (136.69 sq mi)
 • Water7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
Area rank218th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total4,264
 • Rank191st largest in Finland
 • Density12.04/km2 (31.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish97.5% (official)
 • Swedish1.8%
 • Others0.7%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1417.8%
 • 15 to 6464.4%
 • 65 or older17.7%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]20.5%
Websitewww.kaustinen.fi

It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population abou 4300 and covers an area of 361.12 square kilometres (139.43 sq mi) of which 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 12.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.2/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Halsua, Kokkola, Kruunupyy and Veteli.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

It is the home of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July. The comic strip bird Woodstock, named for the rock music festival in Woodstock, New York, is called Kaustinen in Finnish with obvious reference to this folk music festival.

Europe's largest lithium reserve is located in Kaustinen area[6]

Famous people from Kaustinen

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. http://online.vasabladet.fi/Artikel/Visa/60967

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