Kannonkoski

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Kannonkoski
Municipality
Kannonkosken kunta
Kannonkoski kommun
Kannonkoski Leppakylantie 20190619.jpg
Kannonkoski.vaakuna.svg
Coat of arms
Kannonkoski sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Kannonkoski in Finland
Coordinates: 62°58.5′N025°16′E / 62.9750°N 25.267°E / 62.9750; 25.267
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter 1934
Government
 • Municipal managerMaarit Autio
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
 • Total549.88 km2 (212.31 sq mi)
 • Land445 km2 (172 sq mi)
 • Water104.87 km2 (40.49 sq mi)
 • Rank 196th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31) [2]
 • Total1,217
 • Rank 285th largest in Finland
 • Density2.73/km2 (7.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 •  Finnish 98.4% (official)
 •  Swedish 0.1%
 • Others1.6%
Population by age
[3]
 • 0 to 1412%
 • 15 to 6450.9%
 • 65 or older37.1%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website www.kannonkoski.fi

Kannonkoski is a Finnish municipality located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,217 (31 December 2023) [2] and covers an area of 549.88 square kilometres (212.31 sq mi) of which 104.87 km2 (40.49 sq mi), or 19%, is water. [1] The population density is 2.73 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.1/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Karstula, Kivijärvi, Saarijärvi, Viitasaari and Äänekoski.

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The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Kannonkoski as a settlement name is very new, originally only referring to the rapids which connect the lake Kannonjärvi to the lake Kivijärvi. The toponym kannonn Maa[ sic ] was mentioned in 1552, referring to hunting grounds of the people of Sysmä in this area. The people of Pälkäne also had hunting grounds around the rapids and the name Kannonkoski may be derived from Kantokylä, a village in Pälkäne. By 1558 the area had got permanent Savonian settlers, who established the village of Kantojärvi (transcribed as Kandoijerffuij). Rautalampi, including this area, became a separate parish in 1561.

Viitasaari was separated from Rautalampi in 1635. At the time, it included all of the villages that would later become parts of the municipality of Kannonkoski. Kivijärvi was split off from Viitasaari in 1904.

In 1919 it was decided that the area should get its own parish, which happened in 1931. The parish was formed from parts of Viitasaari and Kivijärvi. The area became a municipality in 1934. The church and administrative center were placed in the village of Pudasjärvi, however because a municipality called Pudasjärvi already existed, the new municipality was named Kannonkoski after the nearby rapids. [4]

Orthodox monks

During the Winter War, 117 monks from the Valamo monastery in the lake Ladoga were evacuated. They arrived in Kannonkoski in 1939, bringing various icons and relics with them. The monks lived in the Piispala school, which at the time was closed due to the ongoing war.

The monks left Kannonkoski in the autumn of 1940 after they had purchased an old manor in Heinävesi, where the New Valamo monastery was soon established. 27 monks died during the evacuation and were buried in the graveyard of the Lutheran Kannonkoski church. [5]

Proposed Suomenselkä municipality

Kannonkoski, Karstula, Kivijärvi and Kyyjärvi planned to merge into the Suomenselkä municipality  [ fi ] from January 1, 2022. [6] [7] Karstula, Kivijärvi and Kyyjärvi accepted the merger proposal, but Kannonkoski did not. [8] After Kannonkoski left out of the planned merger, Kivijärvi also left out, and later the merger project of the remaining Karstula and Kyyjärvi failed at the Kyyjärvi municipal council meeting held on May 17, 2021, and the Ministry of Finance does not propose a forced merger either. [9]

Nature

There are all together 81 lakes in Kannonkoski. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Vuosjärvi and Kannonselkä. [10]

Notable people

Twinnings

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 134. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Munkkien evakkomatka" (PDF). kannonkoski.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Roiha, Marja (4 December 2020). "Pohjoisen Keski-Suomen uuden kunnan nimeksi Suomenselkä". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Kotilainen, Virpi (25 January 2021). "Kivijärvi kysyy asukkaiden mielipidettä kuntaliitoksesta". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Heikkilä, Eija (15 February 2021). "Neljän kunnan liitos ei toteudu – Kannonkoski hylkäsi kuntaliitoksen". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Valtiovarainministeriö ei esitä Kyyjärven kunnan pakkoliitosta" (in Finnish). Ministry of Finance. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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