Kaustinen
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Kaustinen (Swedish: Kaustby) is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population abou 4300 and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[1] The population density is [convert: invalid number].
Neighbouring municipalities are Halsua, Kokkola, Kruunupyy and Veteli.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
It is the home of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July. The comic strip bird Woodstock, named for the rock music festival in Woodstock, New York, is called Kaustinen in Finnish with obvious reference to this folk music festival.
Europe's largest lithium reserve is located in Kaustinen area[2]
Famous people from Kaustinen
- Kreeta Haapasalo (1813–1893), Kantele player and songwriter
- Konsta Jylhä (1910–1984), folk music composer, fiddler and master pelimanni
- Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944–2008), classical composer
References
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External links
Media related to Kaustinen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kaustinen – Official website
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