Kihniö

Municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Kihniö in Finland

Coordinates: 62°12′30″N 023°10′45″E / 62.20833°N 23.17917°E / 62.20833; 23.17917Country

FinlandRegionPirkanmaaSub-regionNorth Western PirkanmaaCharter1920Government

• Municipal managerPetri LiukkuArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total390.50 km² (150.77 sq mi) • Land357.22 km² (137.92 sq mi) • Water33.39 km² (12.89 sq mi) • Rank215th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total1,751 • Rank270th largest in Finland • Density4.9/km² (13/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish98.3% (official) • Others1.7%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1411.9% • 15 to 6453.4% • 65 or older34.7%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.kihnio.fi

Kihniö is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the region of Pirkanmaa. The municipality has a population of 1,751 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 390.50 square kilometres (150.77 sq mi) of which 33.39 km² (12.89 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kihniö:

True Finns 53.2%
Centre Party 15.5%
Christian Democrats 14.4%
National Coalition Party 6.5%
Social Democratic Party 5.9%
Communist Party of Finland 2.3%
Green League 1.1%
Left Alliance 0.5%
Pirate Party 0.5%

Results of the 2021 Finnish municipal elections, resulted in the True Finns being the largest group on the Kihniö council, in Kihniö.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Finns Party gains, NCP top as turnout dips in Finnish local elections".