Kangasniemi

Country Finland

Charter1867

Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)

Websitewww.kangasniemi.fi/en/

Kangasniemi
Municipality
Kangasniemen kunta Kangasniemi kommun
Kangasniemi town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Kangasniemi in Finland
Interactive map of Kangasniemi
Coordinates: 61°59.4′N 026°38.5′E / 61.9900°N 26.6417°E / 61.9900; 26.6417
Country	Finland
Region	South Savo
Sub-region	Mikkeli
Charter	1867
Government
• Municipal manager	Kimmo Kainulainen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,326.75 km2 (512.26 sq mi)
• Land	1,068.89 km2 (412.70 sq mi)
• Water	256.86 km2 (99.17 sq mi)
• Rank	73rd largest in Finland
Population  (2025-12-31)[2]
• Total	4,957
• Rank	164th largest in Finland
• Density	4.64/km2 (12.0/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	95.9% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	3.9%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	11.8%
• 15 to 64	51.5%
• 65 or older	36.7%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.kangasniemi.fi/en/

Kangasniemi is a municipality in the South Savo region, Finland. The municipality has a population of 4,957 (31 December 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 1,326.75 square kilometres (512.26 sq mi) of which 256.86 km² (99.17 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.0/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). Its neighbour municipalities are Hankasalmi, Hirvensalmi, Joutsa, Mikkeli, Pieksämäki and Toivakka.

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.