Hankasalmi

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Hankasalmi
Municipality
Hankasalmen kunta
Hankasalmi railway station

Coat of arms
Location of Hankasalmi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°23′N 026°26′E / 62.383°N 26.433°E / 62.383; 26.433Coordinates: 62°23′N 026°26′E / 62.383°N 26.433°E / 62.383; 26.433
Country Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Jyväskylä sub-region
Charter 1872
Government
 • Municipal manager Matti Mäkinen
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 687.75 km2 (265.54 sq mi)
 • Land 571.86 km2 (220.80 sq mi)
 • Water 115.89 km2 (44.75 sq mi)
Area rank 182nd largest in Finland
Population (2013-08-31)[2]
 • Total 5,457
 • Rank 180th largest in Finland
 • Density 9.54/km2 (24.7/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.1% (official)
 • Swedish 0.2%
 • Others 0.7%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 15.6%
 • 15 to 64 60.5%
 • 65 or older 23.9%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20%
Website www.hankasalmi.fi

Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 5,457 (31 August 2013)[2] and covers an area of 687.75 square kilometres (265.54 sq mi) of which 115.89 km2 (44.75 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 97 lakes in Hankasalmi. Biggest lakes are Kynsivesi-Leivonvesi, Armisvesi and Kuuhankavesi.[6] The population density is 9.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.7 /sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Twinnings

Gallery

A view from a birdwatching tower towards pond Keskinen in Hankasalmi.

  • Hankasalmi Observatory

  • Traditional fish soup cooked in Hankasalmi

  • A man with a wooden hat in Hankasalmi

  • Sunset over the Lake Kuuhankavesi

  • Lake Armisvesi in Hankasalmi

  • Lake Säkinlampi

  • A stream near Keskisenlampi nature trail in Hankasalmi

  • Keskisenlampi birdwatching tower

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.8.2013" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 15 September 2013. 
  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. ↑ "Hankasalmi". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Suomen kuntien ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland in Estonia. Retrieved 7 May 2012. 
  8. ↑ "Deutsche Botschaft Helsinki" (in Finnish). Embassy of Germany in Finland. Retrieved 7 May 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Hankasalmen elinkeino- ja työllisyyspoliittinen ohjelma" (in Finnish). Hankasalmi Municipality. Retrieved 7 May 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Hankasalmen elinkeino- ja työllisyyspoliittinen ohjelma" (in Finnish). Hankasalmi Municipality. Retrieved 7 May 2012. 

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