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Kinnula

Municipality in Central Finland, Finland

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Kinnula is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,472 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 495.71 square kilometres (191.39 sq mi) of which 35.48 km2 (13.70 sq mi) is water. The population density is 3.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.3/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kivijärvi, Lestijärvi, Perho, Pihtipudas, Reisjärvi and Viitasaari. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

01Nature

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

02Politics

03Twinnings

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