Kannonkoski

Kannonkoski is a municipality of Finland.

Kannonkoski
Municipality
Kannonkosken kunta
Kannonkoski kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Kannonkoski in Finland
Coordinates: 62°58.5′N 025°16′E
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionSaarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter1934
Government
 • Municipal managerMaarit Autio
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total549.88 km2 (212.31 sq mi)
 • Land444.75 km2 (171.72 sq mi)
 • Water104.87 km2 (40.49 sq mi)
 • Rank196th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,311
 • Rank284th largest in Finland
 • Density2.95/km2 (7.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.1% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others0.7%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1412%
 • 15 to 6450.9%
 • 65 or older37.1%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21.5%
Websitewww.kannonkoski.fi

It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,311 (31 December 2021)[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 2.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.6/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]

Notable people
  • Kannonkoski Church
  • Kannonkoski rapids
  • The altar of Kannonkoski Church
  • Potmo railway bridge

Twinnings

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. "Kannonkoski". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

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