Kinnula

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Kinnulan kunta
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Kinnula Location of Kinnula in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Central Finland
Administrative community : Saarijärvi-Viitasaari
Geographical location 63 ° 23 '  N , 24 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 23 '  N , 24 ° 57'  E
Surface: 495.71 km²
of which land area: 460.23 km²
of which inland waterways: 35.48 km²
Residents : 1,615 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 3.5 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 256
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.kinnula.fi

Kinnula is a municipality with 1615 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) in central Finland . It is located 160 km northwest of Jyväskylä in the hills of Suomenselkä .

Kinnula lies on the border of the historical landscapes of Savo and Ostrobothnia . The municipality was formed in 1850 from the western part of the municipality Lohtaja (Österbotten) and the eastern part of Viitasaari (Savo). The parish church of the place, a wooden cruciform church, was built in 1864-1867.

The parish church village is located on a bay on the north shore of Lake Ylä-Jäppä, and the parish also includes the villages of Hakkaraniemi, Hiilinki, Jääjoki, Kangaskylä, Markokylä, Matkusjoki, Muhola, Myllykylä, Niemenkylä, Rantakylä, Saarenkylä and Urpiperä. Kinnula is rural, the hilly landscape is characterized by numerous small lakes and watercourses. In the north, the municipality has a share in the Salamajärvi National Park.

Around a third of the workforce is employed in agriculture and forestry, more than half in trade and administration.

politics

As in most rural areas of Finland, the Center Party is the strongest party in Kinnula . In the 2008 local elections, it received almost half of the votes and has 8 out of 17 members of the local council, the highest decision-making body in local matters. The second largest group is the Conservative National Assembly Party with six seats, followed by the Social Democrats with three seats.

Composition of the municipal council (2009–2012)
Political party 2008 election results Seats
Center Party 45.3% 8th
National rally party 36.7% 6th
Social democrats 16% 3

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2011 . (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
  3. ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Result of the 2008 local elections