Kannus
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Kannus | ||
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Town | ||
Kannuksen kaupunki | ||
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Location of Kannus in Finland Location of Kannus in Finland |
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Country | Finland | |
Region | Central Ostrobothnia | |
Sub-region | Kokkola sub-region | |
Charter | 1859 | |
Government | ||
• Town manager | Terttu Korte | |
Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
• Total | 470.65 km2 (181.72 sq mi) | |
• Land | 468.24 km2 (180.79 sq mi) | |
• Water | 2.41 km2 (0.93 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 239th largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 5,579 | |
• Rank | 172nd largest in Finland | |
• Density | 11.91/km2 (30.8/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 99% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.4% | |
• Others | 0.6% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 19.6% | |
• 15 to 64 | 63.3% | |
• 65 or older | 17.1% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
Website | www.kannus.fi |
Kannus is a town and municipality and city of Finland.
It is situated in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 5,579 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 470.65 square kilometres (181.72 sq mi), of which 2.41 km2 (0.93 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.91 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.8/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Kalajoki, Kokkola, Sievi and Toholampi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nature
The landscape is flat, there are many swamps and also river valleys.
Most common soil is till.
Hietajärvi lake and couple of ponds are on the north side of municipality.
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Kannus – official website
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