Country Finland Charter 1866 Municipal tax rate 20.5% Region Central Ostrobothnia | Sub-region Kaustinen sub-region Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Saturday 8:34 AM | |
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Area rank 218th largest in Finland Weather -7°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 95% Humidity | ||
Kaustinen (Swedish: Kaustby) is a municipality of Finland.
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Map of 69600 Kaustinen, Finland
It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,281 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 353.97 square kilometres (136.67 sq mi) of which 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) is water. The population density is 12.09 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.3/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
It is the home of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July. The comic strip bird Woodstock, named for the rock music festival in Woodstock, New York, is called Kaustinen in Finnish with obvious reference to this folk music festival.
Europe's largest lithium reserve is located in Kaustinen area
Famous people from Kaustinen
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Kaustinen Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA