Kannonkoski

Kannonkoski
Municipality
Kannonkosken kunta
Smoke sauna in Kannonkoski

Coat of arms

Location of Kannonkoski in Finland
Coordinates: 62°58.5′N 025°16′E / 62.9750°N 25.267°E / 62.9750; 25.267Coordinates: 62°58.5′N 025°16′E / 62.9750°N 25.267°E / 62.9750; 25.267
Country  Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter 1934
Government
 • Municipal manager Maarit Autio
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 549.88 km2 (212.31 sq mi)
 • Land 444.75 km2 (171.72 sq mi)
 • Water 104.87 km2 (40.49 sq mi)
Area rank 196th largest in Finland
Population (2017-08-31)[2]
 • Total 1,397
 • Rank 288th largest in Finland
 • Density 3.14/km2 (8.1/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.1% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 0.7%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 15.4%
 • 15 to 64 56.7%
 • 65 or older 27.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.5%
Website www.kannonkoski.fi

Kannonkoski 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 1,397 (31 August 2017)[2] and covers an area of 549.88 square kilometres (212.31 sq mi) of which 104.87 km2 (40.49 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.14 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.1/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Karstula, Kivijärvi, Saarijärvi, Viitasaari and Äänekoski.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Nature

There are all together 81 lakes in Kannonkoski. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Vuosjärvi and Kannonselkä.[6]

Twinnings

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2017" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  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.
  6. ↑ "Kannonkoski". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

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