| Kaustinen | |||
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| — Municipality — | |||
| Kaustisen kunta | |||
| Kaustinen during the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival | |||
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| Location of Kaustinen in Finland | |||
| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Central Ostrobothnia | ||
| Sub-region | Kaustinen sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1866 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Arto Alpia | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 361.12 km2 (139.4 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 354.03 km2 (136.7 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 7.09 km2 (2.7 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 261st largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2011-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 4,294 | ||
| • Rank | 209th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 12.13/km2 (31.4/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 97.5% (official) | ||
| • Swedish | 1.8% | ||
| • Others | 0.7% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 17.8% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 64.4% | ||
| • 65 or older | 17.7% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% | ||
| Website | www.kaustinen.fi | ||
Kaustinen (Swedish: Kaustby) is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,294 (31 January 2011)[2] 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 12.13 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.4 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
It is the home to the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kaustinen Kaustinen] at Wikimedia Commons
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