Kinnula

It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,626 (31 July 2020)[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 3.53 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.1/sq mi).

Kinnula
Municipality
Kinnulan kunta
Kinnula kommun
Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula
Coat of arms
Location of Kinnula in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 024°58′E
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionSaarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerPekka Kanervio
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total495.71 km2 (191.39 sq mi)
 • Land460.23 km2 (177.70 sq mi)
 • Water35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi)
Area rank190th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total1,626
 • Rank276th largest in Finland
 • Density3.53/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.4% (official)
 • Others0.6%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1416.1%
 • 15 to 6461.4%
 • 65 or older22.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19.5%
Websitewww.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:

Twinnings

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. "Kinnula". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

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