Kuhmoinen
| Kuhmoinen Kuhmois | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Kuhmoisten kunta | ||
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| Coordinates: 61°34′N 025°11′E / 61.567°N 25.183°ECoordinates: 61°34′N 025°11′E / 61.567°N 25.183°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Jämsä sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Anne Heusala | |
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 936.68 km2 (361.65 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 660.94 km2 (255.19 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 275.74 km2 (106.46 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 118th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2013-08-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 2,458 | |
| • Rank | 264th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 3.72/km2 (9.6/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.2% | |
| • Others | 0.8% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 11% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 56.7% | |
| • 65 or older | 32.3% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% | |
| Website | www.kuhmoinen.fi | |
Kuhmoinen (Swedish: Kuhmois) 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 2,458 (31 August 2013)[2] and covers an area of 936.68 square kilometres (361.65 sq mi) of which 275.74 km2 (106.46 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together even 316 lakes in Kuhmoinen. Kuhmoinen lies on the west coast of Lake Päijänne. Biggest lakes in Kuhmoinen after Päijänne are Vehkajärvi and Isojärvi.[6] The population density is 3.72 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.6 /sq mi).
Isojärvi National Park resides in Kuhmoinen on the south side of Lake Isojärvi
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Kuhmois" in Swedish documents.[7]</ref>
Twinnings
Puhja Parish, Estonia[8]
Gallery
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A military museum in Kuhmoinen
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A mast in Kuhmoinen
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.8.2013" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "Kuhmoinen". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ↑ "Sõprussidemed" (in Estonian). Puhja vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
External links
Media related to Kuhmoinen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kuhmoinen – Official website (Finnish)
- Isojärvi National Park
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