Kangasniemi

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Kangasniemi

"''The most beautiful municipality of Finland''"

the municipality was founded in 1867

location: on trunk road 13, 50 km to Mikkeli , 63 km to Jyväskylä , 47 km to Pieksämäki , 250 km to Helsinki

area 1326 km&² (second largest in Southern Savonia), more than 20% of the area is water

largest lakes: Puulavesi (Finland’s eighth largest lake) and Kyyvesi

more than 1550 km of shoreline

6587 inhabitants ( 2001 ), more than half of them live in the main village

summer guests redouble the number of inhabitants during the summer months

3467 Summer House s

economic life: primary production 24%, processing 21%, services 50%, unclassified 5%

large forest resources, approx. 12 million cubic meters – yearly growth approx. 500,000 cubic meters

income tax per cent 18.25