Kuhmoinen
| Kuhmoinen Kuhmois | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Kuhmoisten kunta | ||
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A small pond in Isojärvi National Park | ||
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 Location of Kuhmoinen in Finland | ||
| 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 (2014-11-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 2,375 | |
| • Rank | 264th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 3.59/km2 (9.3/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. 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]
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]
Twinnings
Puhja Parish, Estonia[8]
People born in Kuhmoinen
- Robert Ruohtula (1853 – 1914)
- Joel Naaralainen (1867 – 1915)
Gallery
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A military museum in Kuhmoinen
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A mast in Kuhmoinen
References
- ↑ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ "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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