Kangasniemi
| Kangasniemi | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Kangasniemen kunta | ||
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 Location of Kangasniemi in Finland |
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| Coordinates: 61°59.4′N 026°38.5′E / 61.9900°N 26.6417°ECoordinates: 61°59.4′N 026°38.5′E / 61.9900°N 26.6417°E | ||
| Country |
 Finland
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| Region | Southern Savonia | |
| Sub-region | Mikkeli sub-region | |
| Charter | 1867 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Pekka Toivonen | |
| Area (2016-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 1,068.87 km2 (412.69 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,069.87 km2 (413.08 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 256.86 km2 (99.17 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 73rd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31) | ||
| • Total | 5,633 | |
| • Rank | 161st largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 5.27/km2 (13.6/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language | ||
| • Finnish | 98.9% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.2% | |
| • Others | 0.9% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 13.3% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 59.6% | |
| • 65 or older | 27.1% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate | 19.5% | |
| Website | www.kangasniemi.fi | |
Kangasniemi is a municipality in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region, Finland. The municipality has a population of 5,633 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,068.87 square kilometres (412.69 sq mi) of which 256.86 km2 (99.17 sq mi) is water. The population density is 5.27 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.6/sq mi).
Kangasniemi is located on the Finnish national road 13, 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Mikkeli and 63 km (39 mi) southeast of Jyväskylä. Distance to the national capital, Helsinki is 250 km (160 mi).
Neighbour municipalities: Hankasalmi, Hirvensalmi, Joutsa, Mikkeli, Pieksämäki and Toivakka.
The municipality was founded in 1867.
There are almost 3600 (May 2014) summer houses, and summer guests redouble the number of inhabitants during the summer months.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
There are more than 1,550 kilometres (960 mi) of shoreline. The largest lakes are Puulavesi and Kyyvesi.
Some other lakes are Mallos and Synsiä.
In 1997, Kangasniemi was voted the most beautiful municipality in Finland by television show.
Kangasniemi has large forest resources, approximately 12,000,000 cubic metres (420,000,000 cu ft), and the yearly growth is approximately 500,000 m3 (18,000,000 cu ft).
There is also Puula golf field.
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