Kaustinen

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Kaustinen

Total population

4,300

Founded

1866

Land area353.91 km²

Coordinates63.55°, 23.70°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kaustinen is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population about 4300 and covers an area of 361.12 square kilometres (139.43 sq mi) of which 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) is water. The population density is 11.51 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.8/sq mi).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

P

Paavo Kotila

Olympic long-distance runner

H

Hannu Taipale

cross-country skier

E

Elin Blom

Finnish singer

Kalle Lassila

Finnish cross-country skier

Juha Sipilä

44th Prime Minister of Finland

K

Kuisma Taipale

Olympic cross-country skier

Tuomo Puumala

Finnish politician

Heikki Saari

Finnish drummer and musician (b. 1984)

M

Mauno Järvelä

Finnish violinist and teacher

V

Veli-Matti Puumala

Finnish composer and professor

Kreeta Haapasalo

Finnish musician

Saara Mikkola

Finnish politician (1927-2012)

K

Kosti Saari

Finnish singer (1950–2004)

C

Carl Rudolf Forsman

Finnish priest (1802-1882)

Eliel Aspelin-Haapkylä

Finnish professor and cultural sciences scholar (1847–1917)

I

Ingvar Dahlbacka

Finnish writer

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

Nearby places in Central Ostrobothnia

• Gornji Mosti
  1236.8 mi away · pop. 78
• Srednji Mosti
  1237.1 mi away · pop. 98
• Donji Mosti
  1237.7 mi away · pop. 210
• Poljančani
  1238.7 mi away
• Križ Gornji
  1238.9 mi away · pop. 144
• Sredice Gornje
  1239.1 mi away
• Gornje Zdelice
  1239.4 mi away · pop. 128
• Jabučeta
  1239.8 mi away · pop. 62
• Babotok
  1239.8 mi away · pop. 112
• Jakopovac
  1240 mi away · pop. 138
• Zrinski Topolovac
  1240.5 mi away · pop. 608
• Pavlin Kloštar
  1240.9 mi away · pop. 152

Browse all places in Central Ostrobothnia →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

broadleaf cattail

Typha latifolia

Seen 2026-09-14

Sneezewort

Achillea ptarmica

Seen 2026-07-18

Perennial Sow Thistle

Sonchus arvensis

Seen 2026-07-18

common selfheal

Prunella vulgaris

Seen 2026-07-16

fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Seen 2026-07-16

Flowering-rush

Butomus umbellatus

Seen 2026-07-16

Spreading Bellflower

Campanula patula

Seen 2026-07-16

oxeye daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare

Seen 2026-07-16

common heather

Calluna vulgaris

Seen 2026-07-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).