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Kankaanpää
Sign in to saveKankaanpää () 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 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 southwest of Kankaanpää.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kankaanpää
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kanakaanpään kirkko, sankarihaudat kesällä.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Military cemetery at church in Kankaanpää
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kankaanpää.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Kankaanpää sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Kankaanpää in Finland
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Satakunta
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northern Satakunta
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mika Hatanpää
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Etusivu - Kankaanpään kaupunki - viralliset verkkosivut
Kankaanpään kaupunki - tervetuloa kaupungin virallisille verkkosivuille. Kankaanpää - äly, taide ja hyvinvointi asuvat meillä.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Kankaanpään kaupunki
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Turku and Pori Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 12508
- Area
- 16.62
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Sastamala
- Official website
- www.kankaanpaa.fi/in-english
- Image
- Kankaanpää Centre.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Kankaanpää
- Commons category
- Kankaanpää
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Kankaanpää
- twinned administrative body
- Bollnäs Municipality
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kankaanpää
- associated electoral district
- Satakunta
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Northern Satakunta
- native label
- Kankaanpää
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=214
- P12749
- Community of Madrid
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Encyclopedic overview
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- International relations
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- See also
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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 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 southwest of Kankaanpää.
The coat of arms of Kankaanpää has its theme from the early days of the municipality's settlement, the origin of which is depicted with a golden pine tree in the middle of forest areas. The coat of arms was designed by Carolus Lindberg and was confirmed on 12 October 1951.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kankaanpää” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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