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Konnevesi

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Country
  
Finland

Charter
  
1922

Municipal tax rate
  
19.5%

Region
  
Central Finland

Sub-region
  
Äänekoski sub-region

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Friday 7:36 AM

Konnevesi

Area rank
  
171st largest in Finland

Weather
  
1°C, Wind S at 27 km/h, 88% Humidity

Konnevesi is a municipality of Finland.

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Map of 44300 Konnevesi, Finland

It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 2,751 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 512.96 square kilometres (198.05 sq mi) of which 167.95 km2 (64.85 sq mi) is water. There are all together exactly 100 lakes in Konnevesi. The biggest lakes are Keitele, Lake Konnevesi and Liesvesi. The population density is 5.36 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.9/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Laukaa, Rautalampi, Vesanto and Äänekoski.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages

Hänniskylä, Hytölä, Istunmäki, Kärkkäiskylä (l. Kirkonkylä), Lummukka, Mäkäräniemi, Pukara, Pyhälahti, Rossinkylä, Siikakoski, Sirkkamäki, Särkisalo, Lahdenkylä, Pyydyskylä (l.Välimäki), Leskelänkylä, Jouhtikylä and Tankolampi.

Notable individuals

  • Juha Karjalainen, former soccer player
  • Miika Lahti, ice hockey player
  • References

    Konnevesi Wikipedia