Kaustinen
|
Kaustinen Kaustby |
||
|---|---|---|
| Municipality | ||
| Kaustisen kunta | ||
Kaustinen during the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
|
||
|
||
 Location of Kaustinen in Finland |
||
| Coordinates: 63°33′N 023°41.5′E / 63.550°N 23.6917°ECoordinates: 63°33′N 023°41.5′E / 63.550°N 23.6917°E | ||
| Country |
 Finland
|
|
| Region | Central Ostrobothnia | |
| Sub-region | Kaustinen sub-region | |
| Charter | 1866 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Arto Alpia | |
| Area (2016-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 353.97 km2 (136.67 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 354.03 km2 (136.69 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 218th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31) | ||
| • Total | 4,281 | |
| • Rank | 194th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 12.09/km2 (31.3/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language | ||
| • Finnish | 97.5% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 1.8% | |
| • Others | 0.7% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 17.8% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 64.4% | |
| • 65 or older | 17.7% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate | 20.5% | |
| Website | www.kaustinen.fi | |
Kaustinen (Swedish: Kaustby) is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,281 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 353.97 square kilometres (136.67 sq mi) of which 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) is water. The population density is 12.09 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.3/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
It is the home of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July. The comic strip bird , named for the rock music festival in Woodstock, New York, is called Kaustinen in Finnish with obvious reference to this folk music festival.
Europe's largest lithium reserve is located in Kaustinen area
...
Wikipedia