Kylmäkoski | |
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Former municipality | |
Kylmäkosken kunta Kylmäkoski kommun | |
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Coordinates: 61°09′N 023°41.5′E / 61.150°N 23.6917°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Pirkanmaa |
Sub-region | Southern Pirkanmaa sub-region |
Charter | 1895 |
Consolidated | 2011 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Heikki Partanen |
Area | |
• Total | 199.73 km2 (77.12 sq mi) |
• Land | 190.96 km2 (73.73 sq mi) |
• Water | 8.77 km2 (3.39 sq mi) |
Population (2010-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,610 |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.1% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.3% |
• Others | 1.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 16.7% |
• 15 to 64 | 66.1% |
• 65 or older | 17.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www.kylmakoski.fi |
Kylmäkoski (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkylmæˌkoski]; literally meaning "cold rapids") is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Akaa on 1 January 2011.[5] It was located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,610 (31 October 2010)[2] and covered a land area of 190.96 square kilometres (73.73 sq mi).[1] At the end of 2011, the urban area of Kylmäkoski had 674 inhabitants.[6] The population density was 13.67 inhabitants per square kilometre (35.4/sq mi). The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
The coat of arms of Kylmäkoski was designed by Kaj Kajander and confirmed in 1965.[7] In the 1980s, oven-baked pikeperch and horseradish sauce were named Kylmäkoski's traditional parish dishes.[8]
The Kylmäkoski Prison (Kylmäkosken vankila) is located in the Tipuri's industrial area.[9]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2010" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- 1 2 "Population by municipality as of 31 October 2010". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Taajamat väkiluvun ja väestöntiheyden mukaan 31.12.2011" (in Finnish). Tilastokeskus. February 8, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ↑ Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1980, p. 163. Otava, 1979, Helsinki. (in Finnish)
- ↑ Jaakko Kolmonen: Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, p. 68. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky, 1988. (in Finnish)
- ↑ "Rikosseuraamuslaitos - Kylmäkosken vankila" (in Finnish). Retrieved September 9, 2021.
External links
Media related to Kylmäkoski at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kylmäkoski – Official website