Kannus
Kannus is a town and municipality 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 5,250 (26 October 2023)[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 11.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.0/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbour municipalities are Kalajoki, Kokkola, Sievi and Toholampi.
Kannus | |
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Town | |
Kannuksen kaupunki Kannus stad | |
![]() Kannus Town Hall | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
![]() Location of Kannus in Finland | |
Coordinates: 63°54′N 023°55′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Central Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Kokkola sub-region |
Charter | 1859 |
Government | |
• Town manager | Jussi Niinistö |
Area (2018-01-01)[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) |
• Rank | 184th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-10-26)[2] | |
• Total | 5,250 |
• Rank | 163rd largest in Finland |
• Density | 11.21/km2 (29.0/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 97.2% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.4% |
• Others | 2.4% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 18.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 57.5% |
• 65 or older | 24.4% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www |
The area of Kannus was long inhabited by Lapps. This is also indicated by the name of the town, which means Sámi witch drum.[5] The hammer of the witch drum in the coat of arms of the town also refers to the same.[6]
Notable people
- Oskari Tokoi, socialist leader and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- "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.
- Raija Karlsson & Kari-Pekka Karlsson (1986). Finlandia, Otavan Maammekirja 7 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Otava. p. 73. ISBN 951-1-08930-7.
- "Hallinto ja päätöksenteko: Kannusinfo" (in Finnish). Town of Kannus. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
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