Kaustinen
Kaustby
Municipality
Kaustisen kunta
Kaustby kommun
The Church in Kaustinen on the sloping churchhill.
The Church in Kaustinen on the sloping churchhill.
Coat of arms of Kaustinen
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
The Fiddling Capital of Finland[1]
Location of Kaustinen in Finland
Location of Kaustinen in Finland
Coordinates: 63°33′N 023°41.5′E / 63.550°N 23.6917°E / 63.550; 23.6917
Country Finland
RegionCentral Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionKaustinen sub-region
Charter1866
Government
 • Municipal managerMinna Nikander
Area
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total361.12 km2 (139.43 sq mi)
 • Land353.91 km2 (136.65 sq mi)
 • Water7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
 • Rank218th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[3]
 • Total4,132
 • Rank187th largest in Finland
 • Density11.68/km2 (30.3/sq mi)
Population by native language
[4]
 • Finnish96.1% (official)
 • Swedish1.8%
 • Others2.1%
Population by age
[5]
 • 0 to 1418.8%
 • 15 to 6457.4%
 • 65 or older23.9%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitekaustinen.fi

Kaustinen (Swedish: Kaustby) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population about 4300 and covers an area of 361.12 square kilometres (139.43 sq mi) of which 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 11.68 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.3/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Halsua, Kokkola, Kronoby and Veteli. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

It is the home of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July,[6] and one of its notable "house bands" include JPP.[1][7] The violin appearing in the municipality's coat of arms refers to the locality's still continuing old tradition of Finnish folk music.[8] The comic strip bird Woodstock from Peanuts, named for the rock music festival in Woodstock, New York, is called "Kaustinen" in Finnish with obvious reference to the folk music festival of the municipality.

Europe's largest lithium reserve is located in Kaustinen area.[9] Kaustinen is also home a Finnish independent game studio Horsefly Games.[10]

Transport

Kaustinen is served by OnniBus.com route Helsinki–Jyväskylä–Kokkola.

Famous people from Kaustinen

References

  1. 1 2 "JPP - Main". Thejpp.fi. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Kaustinen Folk Music Festival". Kaustinen.net. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "OMJ Jazz & Etno: Panu Savolainen & JPP". Kaleva. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
  9. ↑ "Mera litium än väntat i Karleby och Kaustby".
  10. ↑ "Horsefly Games – Independent game studio from Kaustinen, Finland". horsefly.games. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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