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Honkajoki

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Former municipality in Satakunta, Finland

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Location of Honkajoki in Finland

Coordinates: 61°59′35″N 22°15′50″E / 61.99306°N 22.26389°E / 61.99306; 22.26389Country

FinlandRegionSatakuntaSub-regionPohjois-Satakunta sub-regionCharter1867Consolidated2021Government

• Municipal managerUlla NorrboArea

• Total333.13 km² (128.62 sq mi) • Land331.22 km² (127.88 sq mi) • Water1.8 km² (0.7 sq mi)Population

(2020-12-31)

• Total1,595 • Density20.76/km² (53.8/sq mi)Population by age

^[2]

• 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%^[3]ClimateDfcWebsitewww.honkajoki.fi

Honkajoki (Hongonjoki until 1952)^[4] 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)^[2] and the municipality covered an area of 331.22 km² (127.88 sq mi) of which 1.8 km² (0.69 sq mi) was inland water (1 January 2018).^[5] The population density was 20.76/km² (53.8/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

References

^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2020" (PDF). Vero.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Tax Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Historia". honkajoenseurakunta.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on Jan 24, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.