Kangasniemi
| Kangasniemi | |||
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| — Municipality — | |||
| Kangasniemen kunta | |||
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| Coordinates: 61°59.4′N 026°38.5′E / 61.99°N 26.6417°ECoordinates: 61°59.4′N 026°38.5′E / 61.99°N 26.6417°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Southern Savonia | ||
| Sub-region | Mikkeli sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1867 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Pekka Toivonen | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 1,326.73 km2 (512.25 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,069.87 km2 (413.08 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 256.86 km2 (99.17 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 83rd largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2012-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 5,863 | ||
| • Rank | 164th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 5.48/km2 (14.2/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 98.9% (official) | ||
| • Swedish | 0.2% | ||
| • Others | 0.9% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 13.3% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 59.6% | ||
| • 65 or older | 27.1% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | ||
| Website | www.kangasniemi.fi | ||
Kangasniemi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 5,863 (31 January 2012)[2] and covers an area of 1,326.73 square kilometres (512.25 sq mi) of which 256.86 km2 (99.17 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.2 /sq mi).
There are 3467 summer houses, and summer guests redouble the number of inhabitants during the summer months. There are more than 1,550 kilometres (960 mi) of shoreline. The largest lakes are Puulavesi and Kyyvesi.
Kangasniemi is located on the Finnish national road 13, 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Mikkeli and 63 km (39 mi) southeast of Jyväskylä. Distance to the national capital, Helsinki is 250 km (160 mi).
Kangasniemi has large forest resources, approximately 12,000,000 cubic metres (420,000,000 cu ft), and the yearly growth is approximately 500,000 m3 (18,000,000 cu ft).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality was founded in 1867.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. 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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
[edit] External links
Media related to Kangasniemi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kangasniemi – Official website
- The Finnish Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Official website
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