Kaustinen

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

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,432 (2003) and covers an area of 362.02 km² of which 7.94 km² is water. The population density is 12.2 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

It is the home to the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July.


Coordinates: 63°32′55″N, 23°41′25″E