Kihniö
Kihniö | ||
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Municipality | ||
Kihniön kunta | ||
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Location of Kihniö in Finland | ||
Coordinates: 62°12′30″N 023°10′45″E / 62.20833°N 23.17917°ECoordinates: 62°12′30″N 023°10′45″E / 62.20833°N 23.17917°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Pirkanmaa | |
Sub-region | North Western Pirkanmaa sub-region | |
Charter | 1920 | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Petri Liukku | |
Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
• Total | 390.50 km2 (150.77 sq mi) | |
• Land | 357.11 km2 (137.88 sq mi) | |
• Water | 33.39 km2 (12.89 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 254th largest in Finland | |
Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
• Total | 2,069 | |
• Rank | 282nd largest in Finland | |
• Density | 5.79/km2 (15.0/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 99.4% (official) | |
• Others | 0.6% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 13.5% | |
• 15 to 64 | 62.4% | |
• 65 or older | 24.1% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% | |
Website | www.kihnio.fi |
Kihniö is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the region of Pirkanmaa, Western Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,069 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 390.50 square kilometres (150.77 sq mi) of which 33.39 km2 (12.89 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.79 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.0/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Kihniö:
- True Finns 53.2%
- Centre Party 15.5%
- Christian Democrats 14.4%
- National Coalition Party 6.5%
- Social Democratic Party 5.9%
- Communist Party of Finland 2.3%
- Green League 1.1%
- Left Alliance 0.5%
- Pirate Party 0.5%
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "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.
External links
Media related to Kihniö at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kihniö – Official website
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