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 | |
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Municipality | |
Kaustisen kunta Kaustby kommun | |
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Coordinates: 63°33′N 023°41.5′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Central Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Kaustinen sub-region |
Charter | 1866 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Arto Alpia |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 361.12 km2 (139.43 sq mi) |
• Land | 354.03 km2 (136.69 sq mi) |
• Water | 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) |
• Rank | 218th largest in Finland |
Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,194 |
• Rank | 191st largest in Finland |
• Density | 11.85/km2 (30.7/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 97.5% (official) |
• Swedish | 1.8% |
• Others | 0.7% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 18.8% |
• 15 to 64 | 57.4% |
• 65 or older | 23.9% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 22% |
Website | www.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]
Kaustinen is served by OnniBus.com route Helsinki—Jyväskylä—Kokkola.
Media related to Kaustinen at Wikimedia Commons
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