Kinnula

Kinnula is a municipality of Finland.

Kinnula
Municipality
Kinnulan kunta Kinnula kommun
Kinnula church
Coat of arms
Location of Kinnula in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 024°58′E
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Government
• Municipal manager	Kirsi Kellokangas
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	495.71 km2 (191.39 sq mi)
• Land	460.2 km2 (177.7 sq mi)
• Water	35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi)
• Rank	190th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30)[2]
• Total	1,492
• Rank	277th largest in Finland
• Density	3.24/km2 (8.4/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	98.8% (official)
• Others	1.2%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	17.4%
• 15 to 64	49.2%
• 65 or older	33.4%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.kinnula.fi

It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,492 (30 June 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 495.71 square kilometres (191.39 sq mi) of which 35.48 km² (13.70 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 3.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.4/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kivijärvi, Lestijärvi, Perho, Pihtipudas, Reisjärvi and Viitasaari.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Nature

There are all together 66 lakes in Kinnula. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Yläjäppä Alajäppä and Iso-Koirajärvi.^[4] Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kinnula.

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kinnula:

• Centre Party 53.2%
• National Coalition Party 14.7%
• Social Democratic Party 13.1%
• The Finns 12.0%
• Left Alliance 3.7%
• Christian Democrats 1.7%
• Green League 0.9%

Twinnings

• Konguta Parish, Estonia
• Trøgstad, Norway

See also

• Finnish national road 58