Kinnula

Kinnula
Municipality
Kinnulan kunta

Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula

Coat of arms

Location of Kinnula in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 024°58′E / 63.367°N 24.967°E / 63.367; 24.967Coordinates: 63°22′N 024°58′E / 63.367°N 24.967°E / 63.367; 24.967
Country Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Government
 • Municipal manager Juha Urpilainen
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 495.71 km2 (191.39 sq mi)
 • Land 460.23 km2 (177.70 sq mi)
 • Water 35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi)
Area rank 232nd largest in Finland
Population (2015-06-30)[2]
 • Total 1,741
 • Rank 300th largest in Finland
 • Density 3.78/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.4% (official)
 • Others 0.6%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 16.1%
 • 15 to 64 61.4%
 • 65 or older 22.5%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.5%
Website www.kinnula.fi

Kinnula is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,741 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 495.71 square kilometres (191.39 sq mi) of which 35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 66 lakes in Kinnula. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Yläjäppä Alajäppä and Iso-Koirajärvi.[6] The population density is 3.78 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.8/sq mi). Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Kinnula:

Twinnings

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  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. ↑ "Kinnula". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

External links

Media related to Kinnula at Wikimedia Commons


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