Kinnula | |
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Municipality | |
Kinnulan kunta Kinnula kommun | |
Coordinates: 63°22′N 024°58′E / 63.367°N 24.967°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Central Finland |
Sub-region | Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Kirsi Kellokangas |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 495.71 km2 (191.39 sq mi) |
• Land | 460.2 km2 (177.7 sq mi) |
• Water | 35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi) |
• Rank | 190th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,523 |
• Rank | 278th largest in Finland |
• Density | 3.31/km2 (8.6/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.9% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Sami | 0.1% |
• Others | 1% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 17.4% |
• 15 to 64 | 49.2% |
• 65 or older | 33.4% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.kinnula.fi |
Kinnula is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,523 (31 December 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 3.31 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.6/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Kivijärvi, Lestijärvi, Perho, Pihtipudas, Reisjärvi and Viitasaari.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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.
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kinnula: