Kylmäkoski

Former municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Kylmäkoski in Finland

Coordinates: 61°09′N 023°41.5′E / 61.150°N 23.6917°E / 61.150; 23.6917CountryFinlandRegionPirkanmaaSub-regionSouthern Pirkanmaa sub-regionCharter1895Consolidated2011Government

• Municipal managerHeikki PartanenArea

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• Total199.73 km² (77.12 sq mi) • Land190.96 km² (73.73 sq mi) • Water8.77 km² (3.39 sq mi)Population

(2010-10-31)^[2]

• Total2,610 • Density13/km² (34/sq mi)Population by native language

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• Finnish98.1% (official) • Swedish0.3% • Others1.6%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1416.7% • 15 to 6466.1% • 65 or older17.2%Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Websitewww.kylmakoski.fi

Kylmäkoski (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkylmæˌkoski]; literally meaning "cold rapids") is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Akaa on 1 January 2011.^[5] It was located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,610 (31 October 2010)^[2] and covered a land area of 190.96 square kilometres (73.73 sq mi).^[1] At the end of 2011, the urban area of Kylmäkoski had 674 inhabitants.^[6] The population density was 13.67 inhabitants per square kilometre (35.4/sq mi). The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The coat of arms of Kylmäkoski was designed by Kaj Kajander and confirmed in 1965.^[7] In the 1980s, oven-baked pikeperch and horseradish sauce were named Kylmäkoski's traditional parish dishes.^[8]

The Kylmäkoski Prison (Kylmäkosken vankila) is located in the Tipuri's industrial area.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2010" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Population by municipality as of 31 October 2010". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
^ "Taajamat väkiluvun ja väestöntiheyden mukaan 31.12.2011" (in Finnish). Tilastokeskus. February 8, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1980, p. 163. Otava, 1979, Helsinki. (in Finnish)
^ Jaakko Kolmonen: Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, p. 68. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky, 1988. (in Finnish)
^ "Rikosseuraamuslaitos - Kylmäkosken vankila" (in Finnish). Retrieved September 9, 2021.