Kajaani

This article deals with the Finnish city of Kajaani; for other meanings, see Kajaani (disambiguation) .

Kajaanin kaupunki

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Basic data
State :	Finland
Landscape :	Kainuu
Administrative community :	Kajaani
Geographical location	64 ° 14 ′  N , 27 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 64 ° 14 ′  N , 27 ° 41 ′  E
Surface:	2,264.04 km²
of which land area:	1,835.16 km²
of which inland waterways:	428.88 km²
Residents :	36,973 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	20.1 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number :	205
Language (s) :	Finnish
Website :	kajaani.fi

Street in Kajaani

Kajaani [ ˈkɑjɑːni ] ( Swedish. Kajana ) is a city in central Finland with 36,973 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018).

It lies on the river Kajaaninjoki , which flows in a north-westerly direction into the Oulujärvi ( German : "Oulusee"), whose outflow in turn forms the Oulujoki . Kajaani is the center of the Kainuu landscape . Elias Lönnrot , the author of the Finnish national epic Kalevala , worked as a medical officer in Kajaani and from here undertook his research trips to Karelia . Since the incorporation of the municipality of Vuolijoki in 2007, the urban area covers an area of ​​2,265.5 square kilometers. Only Finnish is spoken .

Kajaani, like many other Finnish cities, was founded in 1651 by the Swedish Governor General Per Brahe . At that time, the wood tar trade was of great importance . This was brought in tar barrels over the Oulujärvi and Oulujoki to the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia near Oulu , where it was then shipped all over Europe to be used for sealing ship joints ( caulking ) .

Sights in the city are the market square with the tiny wooden town hall, the castle ruins of Kajaaninlinna (17th century) on the small river island Linnasaari and the church from 1896. In the vicinity of Kajaani are the Vuokatti ski center , the picture church of Paltaniemi and the home of the Finnish poet Eino Leino (19th / 20th century)

The wood industry is an important economic pillar today . The Kajaani Airport is located 8 kilometers north of the city.

Town twinning

• Ostersund , Sweden, since 1943
• Rostov-on-Don , Russia, since 1956
• Schwalm-Eder-Kreis , Germany, since 1973
• Nyíregyháza , Hungary, since 1981
• Marquette , United States, since 1997
• Jiujiang , People's Republic of China, since 2006

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Maija-Liisa Komulainen (* 1922), interior designer and industrial designer
• Sakari Kukko (* 1953), jazz musician
• Jouko Karjalainen (* 1956), Nordic combined athlete
• Olli Huttunen (* 1960), soccer goalkeeper
• Pekka Suorsa (* 1967), ski jumper
• Jorma Korhonen (* 1968), judoka
• Marko Korhonen (* 1969), judoka
• Outi Kettunen (* 1978), biathlete
• Matti Heikkinen (* 1983), cross-country skier
• Veikko Karppinen (* 1986), ice hockey player
• Tommi Leinonen (* 1987), ice hockey player
• Anne Kyllönen (* 1987), cross-country skier

Friendship

There are close friendly relations between the Kainnuu Brigade stationed in Kajaani and the community of Oberndorf am Lech in Germany .

Web links

Commons : Kajaani  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018