Kuortane
Template:Infobox Finnish municipality Kuortane is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number].
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kuortane is the birthplace of world-famous architect Alvar Aalto.
Kuortane has a notable history of pine tar production. It is currently well known for the Kuortaneen urheilulukio, a sports institute and training facility where many young Finnish athletes study and train. Both the women's national under-18 ice hockey team and Team Kuortane of the Naisten Liiga are based at the institute.
People
- Alvar Aalto (1898–1976), architect and designer
- Osmo Ala-Honkola (born 1939), Olympic sport shooter
- Reino Ala-Kulju (1898–1983), Lutheran clergyman, politician, and teacher
- Mira Suhonen (born 1985), Olympic sport shooter
See also
References
External links
- Media related to Kuortane at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kuortane – Official website (in Finnish)