Kuhmoinen

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Kuhmoinen
Kuhmois
Municipality
Kuhmoisten kunta
Kuhmois kommun
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Restaurant Pub Wanha Pankki in Kuhmoinen
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Coat of arms
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Location of Kuhmoinen in Finland
Coordinates: 61°34′N025°11′E / 61.567°N 25.183°E / 61.567; 25.183 Coordinates: 61°34′N025°11′E / 61.567°N 25.183°E / 61.567; 25.183
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region Pirkanmaa
Sub-region Tampere sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerAnne Heusala
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
 • Total936.68 km2 (361.65 sq mi)
 • Land660.94 km2 (255.19 sq mi)
 • Water275.74 km2 (106.46 sq mi)
 • Rank 129th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31) [2]
 • Total2,157
 • Rank 252nd largest in Finland
 • Density3.26/km2 (8.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 •  Finnish 99% (official)
 •  Swedish 0.2%
 • Others0.8%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 148.1%
 • 15 to 6448%
 • 65 or older43.9%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate [5] 21.75%
Website www.kuhmoinen.fi

Kuhmoinen (Swedish : Kuhmois) [6] is a municipality of Finland, in Pirkanmaa region, but until 2021, it was part of the Central Finland region. [7] The municipality is home to 2157 inhabitants.

Contents

Neighbour municipalities are Jämsä, Kangasala, Luhanka, Orivesi, Padasjoki and Sysmä. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Nature

There are all together even 316 lakes in Kuhmoinen. Kuhmoinen lies on the west coast of Lake Päijänne. Biggest lakes in Kuhmoinen after Päijänne are Vehkajärvi and Isojärvi. [8]

Isojärvi National Park resides in Kuhmoinen on the south side of Lake Isojärvi.

History

Kuhmoinen was established in the medieval times. It was first mentioned in 1483 as Kuchmois. At the time, it was a part of the Padasjoki parish and a center of a fourth (neljänneskunta) within the parish. [9]

Twinnings

People born in Kuhmoinen

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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. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Huomisesta alkaen Kuhmoinen kuuluu Pirkanmaahan – Mökkikunnassa odotetaan lisää matkailijoita". YLE (in Finnish). December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Kuhmoinen". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  9. ↑ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 342. Retrieved August 23, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "Sõprussidemed" (in Estonian). Puhja vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

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