Kannonkoski

Kannonkoski [ ˌ kɑnnoŋ koski ] is a municipality with 1554 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in Central Finland.

The municipality was formed in 1934 from the southern villages of the municipality Kivijärvi and the western part of Viitasaari. In addition to the Kirchdorf Kannonkoski belong to the municipality of the villages Hilmonkoski, Joenniska, Kannonjärvi, Kannonsaha, Kämäri, Käräjämäki, Mannilankylä, Piispala and Vuoskoski. The municipal area is heavily dissected by numerous lakes, islands and peninsulas, the total bank length is more than 400 km. The community center is located on an isthmus between the lakes Kivijärvi, Syväjärvi and Pudasjärvi. This is also the railway station of the village, along the railway line from Haapajärvi to Jyväskylä.

Coat of arms

Description of coat of arms: The divided by wave cut coat of arms in red and silver sign foot above shows a torn silver tree stump.

Attractions

The local church was built in 1938 according to plans by Pauli E. Blomstedt and is one of the earliest and most radical examples of functionalist architecture in Finland.

Policy

As in most rural areas of Finland is in Kannonkoski the Centre Party, the largest party. In the local elections 2008, she received about half the votes in the city council and has, the highest decision-making body for local affairs, with 10 of the 17 MPs an absolute majority. The second largest group are the Social Democrats with five seats, followed by the conservative National Coalition Party has two seats.

Sons and daughters

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