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Kangasniemi

Kangasniemi is a municipality in Finland. "The most beautiful commune of Finland"

the municipality was founded in 1867
location: on trunk road 13, 50 km to Mikkeli[?], 63 km to Jyväskylä, 47 km to Pieksämäki[?], 250 km to Helsinki
area 1326 km² (second largest in Southern Savo), more than 20% of the area is water
largest lakes: Puulavesi[?] (Finland’s eighth largest lake) and Kyyvesi[?]
more than 1550 km of shoreline
6587 inhabitants (2001), more than half of them live in the main village
summer guests redouble the number of inhabitants during the summer months
3467 summer houses
economic life: primary production 24%, processing 21%, services 50%, unclassified 5%
large forest resources, approx. 12 million cubic meters – yearly growth approx. 500 000 cubic meters
income tax per cent 18.25

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