Kangasniemi




For other uses, see Kangasniemi (surname).

Municipality in Southern Savonia, Finland





































































































Kangasniemi
Municipality

Kangasniemen kunta
Kangasniemi kommun

Coat of arms of Kangasniemi
Coat of arms

Location of Kangasniemi in Finland
Location of Kangasniemi in Finland

Coordinates: 61°59.4′N 026°38.5′E / 61.9900°N 26.6417°E / 61.9900; 26.6417Coordinates: 61°59.4′N 026°38.5′E / 61.9900°N 26.6417°E / 61.9900; 26.6417
Country
 Finland
Region Southern Savonia
Sub-region Mikkeli sub-region
Charter 1867
Government

 • Municipal manager Pekka Toivonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]

 • Total 1,326.75 km2 (512.26 sq mi)
 • Land 1,069.87 km2 (413.08 sq mi)
 • Water 256.86 km2 (99.17 sq mi)
Area rank
73rd largest in Finland
Population
(2018-08-31)[2]

 • Total 5,490
 • Rank
161st largest in Finland
 • Density 5.13/km2 (13.3/sq mi)

Population by native language
[3]

 • Finnish
7,001,989,000,000,000,000♠98.9% (official)
 • Swedish
6,999,200,000,000,000,000♠0.2%
 • Others
6,999,900,000,000,000,000♠0.9%

Population by age
[4]

 • 0 to 14
7,001,133,000,000,000,000♠13.3%
 • 15 to 64
7,001,596,000,000,000,000♠59.6%
 • 65 or older
7,001,271,000,000,000,000♠27.1%
Time zone
UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]
 19.5%
Website www.kangasniemi.fi

Kangasniemi is a municipality in the Southern Savonia region, Finland. The municipality has a population of 5,490 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 1,326.75 square kilometres (512.26 sq mi) of which 256.86 km2 (99.17 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.13 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.3/sq mi).


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). Its neighbour municipalities are Hankasalmi, Hirvensalmi, Joutsa, Mikkeli, Pieksämäki and Toivakka.


There are almost 3600 (May 2014) summer houses, and summer guests redouble the number of inhabitants during the summer months.


The municipality is unilingually Finnish.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Nature


  • 3 Economy


  • 4 Gallery


  • 5 See also


  • 6 Famous natives


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


The municipality was founded in 1867.



Nature


There are more than 1,550 kilometres (960 mi) of shoreline. The largest lakes are Puulavesi and Kyyvesi. Some other lakes are Mallos and Synsiä. In 1997, Kangasniemi was voted the most beautiful municipality in Finland by television show.



Economy


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). There is also Puula golf field.



Gallery






  • Church







  • Läsäkoski canal







  • Borough hall







  • Syvälahden lava






See also


  • Kangasniemi Church


Famous natives




  • Hilding Ekelund, architect


  • Otto Manninen, writer, poet and translator


  • Tepa Reinikainen, shot putter


  • Hiski Salomaa, singer and songwriter


  • Virpi Sarasvuo, née Kuitunen, cross-country skier


  • Sami Sarjula, actor


  • Martti Tolamo, athlete



References





  1. ^ ab "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.


  3. ^ "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. Retrieved 29 March 2009.


  4. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.


  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.




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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