Kinnula

Kinnula
Municipality
Kinnulan kunta
Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula
Coat of arms of Kinnula Coat of arms
Location of Kinnula in Finland Location of Kinnula in Finland
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Government
• Municipal manager	Juha Urpilainen
Area (2011-01-01)
• Total	495.71 km2 (191.39 sq mi)
• Land	460.23 km2 (177.70 sq mi)
• Water	35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi)
Area rank	232nd largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)
• Total	1,740
• Rank	300th largest in Finland
• Density	3.78/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	99.4% (official)
• Others	0.6%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	16.1%
• 15 to 64	61.4%
• 65 or older	22.5%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate	19.5%
Website	www.kinnula.fi

Kinnula is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,740 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 495.71 square kilometres (191.39 sq mi) of which 35.48 km² (13.70 sq mi) is water. There are all together 66 lakes in Kinnula. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Yläjäppä Alajäppä and Iso-Koirajärvi. The population density is 3.78 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.8/sq mi). Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Kinnula:

• Centre Party 53.2%
• National Coalition Party 14.7%
• Social Democratic Party 13.1%
• True Finns 12.0%
• Left Alliance 3.7%
• Christian Democrats 1.7%
• Green League 0.9%

Twinnings

• Konguta Parish, Estonia

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Kinnula – Official website (Finnish)