Kangasniemi
Sign in to saveKangasniemi is a municipality in the South Savo region, Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kangasniemi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kangasniemi kunnantalo.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kangasniemi town hall
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kangasniemi.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Kangasniemi sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Kangasniemi in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Savo
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mikkeli
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Kimmo Kainulainen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1867
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Kangasniemen kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Mikkeli Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 4952
- Area
- 257.86
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Toivakka
- Official website
- www.kangasniemi.fi/en
- Image
- Kangasniemi church 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kangasniemi
- topic's main category
- Category:Kangasniemi
- inception
- 1867-01-01
- associated electoral district
- Southeast Finland
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Mikkeli sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=213
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Nature
- Economy
- Famous natives
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Kangasniemi is a municipality in the South Savo region, Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Kangasniemi is located on the Finnish national road 13, northwest of Mikkeli and southeast of Jyväskylä. Distance to the national capital, Helsinki is . Its neighbour municipalities are Hankasalmi, Hirvensalmi, Joutsa, Mikkeli, Pieksämäki and Toivakka.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kangasniemi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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