Kuhmoinen

Kuhmoinen (Swedish: Kuhmois)[6] is a municipality of Finland, in Pirkanmaa region.

Kuhmoinen Kuhmois
Municipality
Kuhmoisten kunta Kuhmois kommun
A small pond in Isojärvi National Park
Coat of arms
Location of Kuhmoinen in Finland
Coordinates: 61°34′N 025°11′E
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Sub-region	Tampere sub-region
Government
• Municipal manager	Anne Heusala
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	936.68 km^2 (361.65 sq mi)
• Land	660.94 km^2 (255.19 sq mi)
• Water	275.74 km^2 (106.46 sq mi)
Area rank	129th largest in Finland
Population  (2020-07-31)[2]
• Total	2,190
• Rank	252nd largest in Finland
• Density	3.31/km^2 (8.6/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	99% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	0.8%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	11%
• 15 to 64	56.7%
• 65 or older	32.3%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]	19.75%
Website	www.kuhmoinen.fi

Neighbour municipalities are Jämsä, Kangasala, Luhanka, Orivesi, Padasjoki and Sysmä.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Nature

There are all together even 316 lakes in Kuhmoinen. Kuhmoinen lies on the west coast of Lake Päijänne. Biggest lakes in Kuhmoinen after Päijänne are Vehkajärvi and Isojärvi.[7]

Isojärvi National Park resides in Kuhmoinen on the south side of Lake Isojärvi.

Twinnings

• Puhja Parish, Estonia[8]

People born in Kuhmoinen

• Robert Ruohtula (1853 – 1914)
• Joel Naaralainen (1867 – 1915)

Gallery

• 
  A military museum in Kuhmoinen
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  A mast in Kuhmoinen

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
6. "Svenska ortnamn i Finland" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
7. "Kuhmoinen". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
8. "Sõprussidemed" (in Estonian). Puhja vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

External links

Media related to Kuhmoinen at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Kuhmoinen – Official website (in Finnish)
• Isojärvi National Park