Kaustinen
| Kaustinen Kaustby |
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| Kaustisen kunta | ||
| Kaustinen during the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
Kaustinen during the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Central Ostrobothnia | |
| Sub-region | Kaustinen sub-region | |
| Charter | 1866 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Arto Alpia | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 361.12 km2 (139.43 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 354.03 km2 (136.69 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 261st largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 4,281 | |
| • Rank | 209th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 12.09/km2 (31.3/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 97.5% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 1.8% | |
| • Others | 0.7% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 17.8% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 64.4% | |
| • 65 or older | 17.7% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% | |
| Website | www.kaustinen.fi | |
Kaustinen (Swedish: Kaustby) is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,281 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 361.12 square kilometres (139.43 sq mi) of which 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 12.09 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.3/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
It is the home of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July. The comic strip bird Woodstock, named for the rock music festival in Woodstock, New York, is called Kaustinen in Finnish with obvious reference to this folk music festival.
Famous people from Kaustinen
- Konsta Jylhä (1910–1984), folk music composer, fiddler and master pelimanni
- Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944–2008), classical composer
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kaustinen – Official website
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