Hankasalmi
| Hankasalmi | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Hankasalmen kunta | ||
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Hankasalmi railway station | ||
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 Location of Hankasalmi in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 62°23′N 026°26′E / 62.383°N 26.433°ECoordinates: 62°23′N 026°26′E / 62.383°N 26.433°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region | |
| Charter | 1872 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Matti Mäkinen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 687.75 km2 (265.54 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 571.86 km2 (220.80 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 115.89 km2 (44.75 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 182nd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 5,220 | |
| • Rank | 180th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 9.13/km2 (23.6/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.2% | |
| • Others | 0.7% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 15.6% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.5% | |
| • 65 or older | 23.9% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% | |
| Website | www.hankasalmi.fi | |
Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 5,220 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 687.75 square kilometres (265.54 sq mi) of which 115.89 km2 (44.75 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 9.13 inhabitants per square kilometre (23.6/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Kangasniemi, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Pieksämäki, Rautalampi and Toivakka.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Known Villages
Halttula[6]
Nature
There are all together 97 lakes in Hankasalmi. The biggest lakes are Kynsivesi-Leivonvesi, Armisvesi and Kuuhankavesi.[7]
Notable individuals
- Aimo Minkkinen, longtime head of the Tampere Lenin Museum
- Antero Halonen, boxer
- Kaarlo Kartio, actor
- Kalevi Tarvainen, linguist and professor
- Kari Ihalainen, javelin thrower and track and field coach
- Lauri W. Pääkkönen, elementary school teacher and writer
- Matti Karjalainen, professor at the Helsinki University of Technology
- Matti Makkonen, politician
- Matti Rutanen, folk artist
- Mika Mölsä, crime journalist and fiction writer
- Niina Mäkinen, ice hockey player
- Onni Haini, journalist and writer
- Onni Pellinen, Olympic wrestler
- Paavo Rautkallio, politician
- Unto Poikolainen, Pesäpallo player
- Vilho Ylönen, cross-country skier and rifle shooter
Twinnings
Häädemeeste Parish, Estonia[8]
Hohenhameln, Germany[9]
Mjölby, Sweden[10]
Karmøy, Norway[11]
Gallery
A view from a birdwatching tower towards pond Keskinen in Hankasalmi.
Hankasalmi Observatory
Traditional fish soup cooked in Hankasalmi
A man with a wooden hat in Hankasalmi
Sunset over the Lake Kuuhankavesi
Lake Armisvesi in Hankasalmi
Lake Säkinlampi
A stream near Keskisenlampi nature trail in Hankasalmi
Keskisenlampi birdwatching tower
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Unto K. Laine: Muistokirjoitus. Helsingin Sanomat, 29.6.2010, s. B5. Artikkelin verkkoversio.
- ↑ "Hankasalmi". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ "Suomen kuntien ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland in Estonia. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ↑ "Deutsche Botschaft Helsinki" (in Finnish). Embassy of Germany in Finland. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ↑ "Hankasalmen elinkeino- ja työllisyyspoliittinen ohjelma" (PDF) (in Finnish). Hankasalmi Municipality. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ↑ "Hankasalmen elinkeino- ja työllisyyspoliittinen ohjelma" (PDF) (in Finnish). Hankasalmi Municipality. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
External links
Media related to Hankasalmi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Hankasalmi – Official site
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