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Kuhmoinen

Kuhmoinen
Kuhmois
Municipality
Kuhmoisten kunta
A small pond in Isojärvi National Park
A small pond in Isojärvi National Park
Coat of arms of Kuhmoinen
Coat of arms
Location of Kuhmoinen in Finland
Location of Kuhmoinen in Finland
Coordinates: 61°34′N 025°11′E / 61.567°N 25.183°E / 61.567; 25.183Coordinates: 61°34′N 025°11′E / 61.567°N 25.183°E / 61.567; 25.183
Country  Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Jämsä sub-region
Government
 • Municipal manager Anne Heusala
Area (2016-01-01)
 • Total 660.96 km2 (255.20 sq mi)
 • Land 660.94 km2 (255.19 sq mi)
 • Water 275.74 km2 (106.46 sq mi)
Area rank 129th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)
 • Total 2,322
 • Rank 255th largest in Finland
 • Density 3.51/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish 99% (official)
 • Swedish 0.2%
 • Others 0.8%
Population by age
 • 0 to 14 11%
 • 15 to 64 56.7%
 • 65 or older 32.3%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate 19.75%
Website www.kuhmoinen.fi

Kuhmoinen (Swedish: Kuhmois) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. 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.

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

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

A military museum in Kuhmoinen

A mast in Kuhmoinen



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