Soini, Finland
Municipality in South Ostrobothnia, Finland
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Soini is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 1,772 (31 December 2025)[2] and covers an area of 574.22 square kilometres (221.71 sq mi) of which 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.3/sq mi).
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Municipality | |
| Soinin kunta Soini kommun | |
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 Location of Soini in Finland | |
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| Coordinates: 62°52.5′N 24°12.5′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | South Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Järviseutu |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Maija Pihlajamäki |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 574.22 km2 (221.71 sq mi) |
| • Land | 551.95 km2 (213.11 sq mi) |
| • Water | 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 155th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,772 |
| • Rank | 264th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.21/km2 (8.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.2% (official) |
| • Others | 1.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.6% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52.3% |
| • 65 or older | 32.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | soini |
Neighbouring municipalities are Alajärvi, Karstula, Kyyjärvi, Saarijärvi and Ähtäri.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
The name is derived from the male name Soini, a Finnish variant of the Scandinavian name Sven. The village was first mentioned in 1754 as a part of the Alajärvi parish. Soini gained a chapel in 1784 and a church in 1859. It was fully separated from Alajärvi in 1895. Soini originally had a Swedish name, Konungsåby, which referred to the river Kuninkaanjoki.[5]
People born in Soini
- Aukusti Mäenpää (1891 – 1933)
- Eino Uusitalo (1924 – 2015)
- Pekka Pesola (1925 – 2009)
- Jorma Huuhtanen (1945 – )
- Aulis Akonniemi (1958 – )
- Merja Korpela (1981 – )
- Noora Hautakangas (1984 – )
