Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää | |
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Town | |
Kankaanpään kaupunki Kankaanpää stad | |
Military cemetery at church in Kankaanpää | |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 14.5% |
• 15 to 64 | 57.4% |
• 65 or older | 28.2% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfc |
Website | www.kankaanpaa.fi |
Kankaanpää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑŋkɑːmˌpæː]) is a town and municipality of Finland. Kankaanpää was founded in 1865, became a township in 1967 and finally a town in 1972. It is located in the crossroads of Hämeenkangas and Pohjankangas ridges. It belongs to the region of Satakunta. Kankaanpää has a population of about 12,400 inhabitants,[2] which make it the third largest municipality in the Satakunta region in terms of population, after the city of Pori and the town of Rauma. Pori is located 53 kilometres (33 mi) southwest of Kankaanpää.
The
Honkajoki municipality was merged with Kankaanpää on January 1, 2021.[7]
History
First signs of humanity in the area are from the stone age and during the 16th century people started to settle in Kankaanpää area. Oldest houses that area found from the documents of
The oldest passage in the province was from
The church of Kankaanpää has been built in 1839. Architect of the church was C. L. Engel.[9]
Climate
Based on the village of Niinisalo about 5.7 km northeast of the site the climate is a continental subarctic frontier (Köppen: Dfc) considering that the warmest fourth month is around 9 °C, which puts Kankaanpää in a humid continental climate (Dfb) being closer to Helsinki than Oulu, it also means that summer is more consistent and warm but winters are still cold.[10] The municipality is considered one of the rainiest of Finland with 571 mm only during a growing season in 1995. Growing season starts in early May and lasts until October 10.[11]
Climate data for Kankaanpää (Niinisalo), elevation: 136 m or 446 ft, 1961-1990 normals and extremes | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
28.4 (83.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
30.4 (86.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
0.2 (32.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.7 (60.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
5.3 (41.5) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−0.5 (31.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | −34.9 (−30.8) |
−35.7 (−32.3) |
−25.4 (−13.7) |
−14.3 (6.3) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−23.8 (−10.8) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
−35.7 (−32.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 42.0 (1.65) |
29.0 (1.14) |
33.0 (1.30) |
38.0 (1.50) |
37.0 (1.46) |
53.0 (2.09) |
71.0 (2.80) |
80.0 (3.15) |
73.0 (2.87) |
54.0 (2.13) |
59.0 (2.32) |
47.0 (1.85) |
616 (24.26) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 116 |
Source: NOAA[12] |
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kankaanpää:
- True Finns37.2%
- Centre Party 25.5%
- National Coalition Party 11.8%
- Social Democratic Party 10.6%
- Left Alliance 7.7%
- Christian Democrats 4.4%
- Green League 2.4%
Results of the
Villages
Ala-Honkajoki, Hapua, Jyränkylä, Karhusaari, Korvaluoma, Kyynärjärvi, Narvi, Niinisalo, Santaskylä, Taulunoja, Venesjärvi, Veneskoski, Verttuu and Vihteljärvi.
Education
Kankaanpää offers basic education with 6 elementary schools and a secondary school. There is also a trade school and a polytechnic school which will be abolished in near future. The Artillery School in the
Culture
Kankaanpää town museum is presenting the life in Kankaanpää during the last 100 years.[14] Kankaanpää is also home to the visual arts unit of Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, which is better known as Kankaanpää Art School . The educational institution has a long and impressive history, which starts from the art of the 1950s and 60s, when Kankaanpää was already a vibrant center of visual arts.[15]
The local dialect of Kankaanpää is part of the Tavastian dialects.[16]
Food
Due to its roots in
Military
The Pohjankangas Training Area is located nearby, it is the second largest training area of the Finnish Defence Forces.
Notable people
- Cristal Snow, musician and drag queen
- Toni Vilander, racing driver
- Ristomatti Hakola, cross-country skier
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Kankaanpää is
- Bollnäs, Sweden
- Flekkefjord, Norway
- Gagra, Georgia
- Misburg, Germany
- Morsø Municipality, Denmark
See also
References
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ISBN 951-773-085-3.
- YLE. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ "RKY ι Museovirasto". www.rky.fi. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
- ^ "Toimitilat" (in Finnish). Kankaanpään seurakunta. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- ^ "Niinisalo, Kankaanpää, Satakunta Climate Niinisalo, Kankaanpää, Satakunta Temperatures Niinisalo, Kankaanpää, Satakunta Weather Averages". www.kankaanpaa.climatemps.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Ilmasto-opas.fi. "Suomen muuttuva ilmasto - Ilmasto-opas.fi". Ilmasto-opas (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Kankaanpää (02942) - WMO Weather Station". NOAA. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ "Finns Party gains, NCP top as turnout dips in Finnish local elections | News | Yle Uutiset".
- ^ Kankaanpää Museum – Museot.fi (in English)
- ^ Taidekoulu – Town of Kankaanpää (in Finnish)
- ^ Hämäläismurteiden alue – Sokl.uef.fi. (in Finnish)
- ^ Jaakko Kolmonen: Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, p. 36–37. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky, 1988. (in Finnish)
External links
Media related to Kankaanpää at Wikimedia Commons Kankaanpää travel guide from Wikivoyage