Kuhmoinen
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| Kuhmoinen | |||
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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 (361.7 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 660.94 km2 (255.2 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 275.74 km2 (106.5 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 118th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2011-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 2,553 | ||
| • Rank | 264th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 3.86/km2 (10/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 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 2,553 (31 January 2011)[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] The population density is 3.86 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.0 /sq mi).
Kuhmoinen lies on the west coast of Lake Päijänne.
Isojärvi National Park resides in Kuhmoinen on the south side of Lake Isojärvi
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Kuhmois" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Kuhmoinen" also in Swedish.[6]
[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 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=461. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
[edit] External links
Media related to Kuhmoinen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kuhmoinen – Official website (Finnish)
- Isojärvi National Park
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