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Kaustinen (Swedish: Kaustby) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population about 4300 and covers an area of 361.12 square kilometres (139.43 sq mi) of which 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.7/sq mi).

Kaustinen
Kaustby
Municipality
Kaustisen kunta
Kaustby kommun
The Church in Kaustinen on the sloping churchhill.
Location of Kaustinen in Finland
Coordinates: 63°33′N 023°41.5′E
Country Finland
RegionCentral Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionKaustinen sub-region
Charter1866
Government
  Municipal managerArto Alpia
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
  Total361.12 km2 (139.43 sq mi)
  Land354.03 km2 (136.69 sq mi)
  Water7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
  Rank218th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total4,194
  Rank191st largest in Finland
  Density11.85/km2 (30.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
  Finnish97.5% (official)
  Swedish1.8%
  Others0.7%
Population by age
  0 to 1418.8%
  15 to 6457.4%
  65 or older23.9%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]22%
Websitewww.kaustinen.fi

Neighbouring municipalities are Halsua, Kokkola, Kronoby and Veteli. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

It is the home of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July. The "house band" is JPP. The comic strip bird Woodstock, 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[6]


Transport


Kaustinen is served by OnniBus.com route Helsinki—Jyväskylä—Kokkola.


Famous people from Kaustinen



References


  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. "Mera litium än väntat i Karleby och Kaustby".


Media related to Kaustinen at Wikimedia Commons


На других языках


- [en] Kaustinen

[ru] Каустинен

Каустинен (фин. Kaustinen) — община в провинции Центральная Остроботния, Финляндия. Общая площадь территории — 361,12 км², из которых 7,09 км² — вода.



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