Kinnula

Municipality in Central Finland, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kinnula is a municipality of Finland.

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Kinnula
Municipality
Kinnulan kunta
Kinnula kommun
Kinnula church
Kinnula church
Coat of arms of Kinnula
Location of Kinnula in Finland
Location of Kinnula in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 024°58′E
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionSaarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Government
  Municipal managerKirsi Kellokangas
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
  Total
495.71 km2 (191.39 sq mi)
  Land460.2 km2 (177.7 sq mi)
  Water35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi)
  Rank190th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-06-30)[2]
  Total
1,492
  Rank277th largest in Finland
  Density3.24/km2 (8.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
  Finnish98.8% (official)
  Others1.2%
Population by age
  0 to 1417.4%
  15 to 6449.2%
  65 or older33.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.kinnula.fi Edit this at Wikidata
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It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,492 (30 June 2025)[2] and covers an area of 495.71 square kilometres (191.39 sq mi) of which 35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.4/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kivijärvi, Lestijärvi, Perho, Pihtipudas, Reisjärvi and Viitasaari.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Nature

There are all together 66 lakes in Kinnula. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Yläjäppä Alajäppä and Iso-Koirajärvi.[4] Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula.

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Twinnings

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