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Former municipality in Satakunta, Finland
Honkajoki
Former municipality
Honkajoen kunta
Honkajoki kommun
Honkajoki ChurchHonkajoki Church
Coat of arms of HonkajokiCoat of arms
Location of Honkajoki in FinlandLocation of Honkajoki in Finland
Coordinates: 61°59′35″N 22°15′50″E / 61.99306°N 22.26389°E / 61.99306; 22.26389
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionPohjois-Satakunta sub-region
Charter1867
Consolidated2021
Area
 • Total333.13 km (128.62 sq mi)
 • Land331.22 km (127.88 sq mi)
 • Water1.8 km (0.7 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,595
 • Density20.76/km (53.8/sq mi)
Population by age
 • 0 to 1413.4%
 • 15 to 6455.4%
 • 65 or older31.2%
Population by native language
 • Finnish96.5% (official)
 • Swedish0.3%
 • Others3.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate22.50%
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.honkajoki.fi

Honkajoki (Finnish: [ˈhoŋkɑˌjoki]; Hongonjoki until 1952) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with the town of Kankaanpää on 1 January 2021.

It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The population of Honkajoki was 1,595 (31 December 2020) and the municipality covered an area of 331.22 km (127.88 sq mi) of which 1.8 km (0.69 sq mi) was inland water (1 January 2018). The population density was 20.76/km (53.8/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

References

  1. "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  2. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2020" (PDF). Vero.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Tax Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. "Historia". honkajoenseurakunta.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on Jan 24, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  5. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

External links

Media related to Honkajoki at Wikimedia Commons Honkajoki travel guide from Wikivoyage

Municipalities of Satakunta
Municipalities Coat of arms of Satakunta
Former municipalities


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