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 11.69 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,[7] and one of its notable "house bands" include JPP.[1][8] The violin appearing in the municipality's coat of arms refers to the locality's still continuing old tradition of Finnish folk music.[9] 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.[10] Kaustinen is also home a Finnish independent game studio Horsefly Games.[11]
Transport
Kaustinen is served by OnniBus.com route Helsinki–Jyväskylä–Kokkola.
Famous people from Kaustinen
- Kreeta Haapasalo (1813–1893), Kantele player and songwriter
- Konsta Jylhä (1910–1984), folk music composer, fiddler and master pelimanni
- Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944–2008), classical composer
References
- ^ a b "JPP - Main". Thejpp.fi. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kaustinen Folk Music Festival". Kaustinen.net. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "OMJ Jazz & Etno: Panu Savolainen & JPP". Kaleva. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
- ^ "Mera litium än väntat i Karleby och Kaustby".
- ^ "Horsefly Games – Independent game studio from Kaustinen, Finland". horsefly.games. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
External links
Media related to Kaustinen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kaustinen – Official website
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