Kankaanpää

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Kankaanpää

Total population

12,760

Coordinates61.80°, 22.39°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kankaanpää is a town and municipality of Finland. Kankaanpää was founded in 1865, became a township in 1967 and finally a town in 1972. It is located in the crossroads of Hämeenkangas and Pohjankangas ridges. It belongs to the region of Satakunta. Kankaanpää has a population of about 12,500 inhabitants, which makes it the third largest municipality in the Satakunta region in terms of population, after the city of Pori and the town of Rauma. Pori is located 53 kilometres (33 mi) southwest of Kankaanpää.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Toni Vilander

Finnish racing driver

Taisto Kangasniemi

Olympic wrestler (1924-1997)

Anssi Joutsenlahti

Member of the parliament of Finland

Maikki Friberg

Finnish educator, writer, early women's rights activist (1861-1927)

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Reijo Kallio

Finnish politician

Ristomatti Hakola

Finnish cross-country skier

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Pia Tikka

Finnish film director and screenwriter

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Aleksi Käpy

Finnish politician

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Anne Brunila

Finnish businesswoman

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Janne Kanerva

Finnish weightlifter

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Janne Katajisto

Finnish boxer

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Jouko Joutsenlahti

Finnish poet (1940-1986)

Kauko Juhantalo

Finnish politician

Matti Pellonpää

Finnish judge

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Kalevi Lahdenranta

Finnish weightlifter

Pauli Vuorisalo

Finnish visual artist (1944-2017)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Satakunta

• Majansuu
  8.2 mi away
• Perämaankulma
  12.4 mi away
• Riiho
  13 mi away
• Paasto
  13.7 mi away
• Pomarkku
  14.7 mi away · pop. 2,084
• Mustajoki
  17.4 mi away
• Formu
  19.1 mi away
• Lauttijärvi
  23.5 mi away
• Molkkarinmäki
  24.4 mi away
• Koittankoski
  25.7 mi away
• Paulakangas
  26.1 mi away
• Kaasmarkku
  26.9 mi away

Browse all places in Satakunta →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kankaanpää

Search results from Open Library.