Konnevesi

Konnevesi
Municipality
Konneveden kunta
The municipal house of Konnevesi

Coat of arms

Location of Konnevesi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°37.7′N 026°17′E / 62.6283°N 26.283°E / 62.6283; 26.283Coordinates: 62°37.7′N 026°17′E / 62.6283°N 26.283°E / 62.6283; 26.283
Country  Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Äänekoski sub-region
Charter 1922
Government
 • Municipal manager Kari Levänen
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 680.85 km2 (262.88 sq mi)
 • Land 513.01 km2 (198.07 sq mi)
 • Water 167.95 km2 (64.85 sq mi)
Area rank 171st largest in Finland
Population (2017-08-31)[2]
 • Total 2,767
 • Rank 239th largest in Finland
 • Density 5.39/km2 (14.0/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.3% (official)
 • Others 0.6%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 14.5%
 • 15 to 64 61%
 • 65 or older 24.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.5%
Website www.konnevesi.fi

Konnevesi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 2,767 (31 August 2017)[2]

and covers an area of 680.85 square kilometres (262.88 sq mi) of which 167.95 km2 (64.85 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together exactly 100 lakes in Konnevesi. The biggest lakes are Keitele, Lake Konnevesi and Liesvesi.[6]  The population density is 5.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.0/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Laukaa, Rautalampi, Vesanto and Äänekoski.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages

Hänniskylä, Hytölä, Istunmäki, Kärkkäiskylä (l. Kirkonkylä), Lummukka, Mäkäräniemi, Pukara, Pyhälahti, Rossinkylä, Siikakoski, Sirkkamäki, Särkisalo, Lahdenkylä, Pyydyskylä (l.Välimäki), Leskelänkylä, Jouhtikylä and Tankolampi.

Notable individuals

  • Juha Karjalainen, former soccer player
  • Miika Lahti, ice hockey player

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. ↑ "Konnevesi". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

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