Kuhmoinen

Kuhmoinen Kuhmois
Municipality
Kuhmoisten kunta
A small pond in Isojärvi National Park A small pond in Isojärvi National Park
Coat of arms of Kuhmoinen Coat of arms
Location of Kuhmoinen in Finland Location of Kuhmoinen in Finland
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Jämsä sub-region
Government
• Municipal manager	Anne Heusala
Area (2011-01-01)
• Total	936.68 km2 (361.65 sq mi)
• Land	660.94 km2 (255.19 sq mi)
• Water	275.74 km2 (106.46 sq mi)
Area rank	118th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)
• Total	2,322
• Rank	264th largest in Finland
• Density	3.51/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	99% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	0.8%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	11%
• 15 to 64	56.7%
• 65 or older	32.3%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate	19.75%
Website	www.kuhmoinen.fi

Kuhmoinen (Swedish: Kuhmois) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. There are all together even 316 lakes in Kuhmoinen. Kuhmoinen lies on the west coast of Lake Päijänne. Biggest lakes in Kuhmoinen after Päijänne are Vehkajärvi and Isojärvi.

Isojärvi National Park resides in Kuhmoinen on the south side of Lake Isojärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Kuhmois" in Swedish documents.

Twinnings

• Puhja Parish, Estonia

People born in Kuhmoinen

• Robert Ruohtula (1853 – 1914)
• Joel Naaralainen (1867 – 1915)

Gallery

• Asejavarusmuseo.jpg

  A military museum in Kuhmoinen

• Mast in Kuhmoinen 2.jpg

  A mast in Kuhmoinen

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Kuhmoinen – Official website (Finnish)
• Isojärvi National Park