Kihniö is a municipality of Finland.
Kihniö | |
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Municipality | |
| Kihniön kunta Kihniö kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kihniö in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°12′30″N 023°10′45″E / 62.20833°N 23.17917°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | North Western Pirkanmaa |
| Charter | 1920 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Petri Liukku |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 390.50 km2 (150.77 sq mi) |
| • Land | 357.11 km2 (137.88 sq mi) |
| • Water | 33.39 km2 (12.89 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 215th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,765 |
| • Rank | 270th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 4.94/km2 (12.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.4% (official) |
| • Others | 0.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11.9% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53.4% |
| • 65 or older | 34.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.kihnio.fi |
It is located in the region of Pirkanmaa. The municipality has a population of 1,765 (28 February 2023)[2] and covers an area of 390.50 square kilometres (150.77 sq mi) of which 33.39 km2 (12.89 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.94 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.8/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
PoliticsEdit
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kihniö:
- True Finns 53.2%
- Centre Party 15.5%
- Christian Democrats 14.4%
- National Coalition Party 6.5%
- Social Democratic Party 5.9%
- Communist Party of Finland 2.3%
- Green League 1.1%
- Left Alliance 0.5%
- Pirate Party 0.5%
Results of the 2021 Finnish municipal elections, resulted in the True Finns being the largest group on the Kihniö council, in Kihniö.[6]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Finns Party gains, NCP top as turnout dips in Finnish local elections".
External linksEdit
Media related to Kihniö at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kihniö – Official website
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