Kinnula
Municipality
Kinnulan kunta
Kinnula kommun
Kinnula church
Kinnula church
Coat of arms of Kinnula
Coat of arms
Location of Kinnula in Finland
Location of Kinnula in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 024°58′E / 63.367°N 24.967°E / 63.367; 24.967
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionSaarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerKirsi Kellokangas
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total495.71 km2 (191.39 sq mi)
 • Land460.2 km2 (177.7 sq mi)
 • Water35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi)
 • Rank190th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
 • Total1,530
 • Rank278th largest in Finland
 • Density3.32/km2 (8.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Sami0.1%
 • Others0.5%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1417.4%
 • 15 to 6449.2%
 • 65 or older33.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.kinnula.fi

Kinnula is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,530 (30 September 2023)[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] The population density is 3.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.6/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kivijärvi, Lestijärvi, Perho, Pihtipudas, Reisjärvi and Viitasaari.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Nature

There are all together 66 lakes in Kinnula. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Yläjäppä Alajäppä and Iso-Koirajärvi.[5] Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula.

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kinnula:

Twinnings

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kinnula". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

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