Kylmäkoski | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Kylmäkosken kunta Swedish: Kylmäkoski kommun |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pirkanmaa |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Pirkanmaa sub-region |
Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
Leader Name: | Heikki Partanen |
Established Title: | Charter |
Established Date: | 1895 |
Extinct Title: | Consolidated |
Extinct Date: | 2011 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 199.73 |
Area Land Km2: | 190.96 |
Area Water Km2: | 8.77 |
Population As Of: | 2010-10-31 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 2610 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Population by native language |
Demographics1 Footnotes: | [3] |
Demographics1 Title1: | Finnish |
Demographics1 Info1: | 98.1% (official) |
Demographics1 Title2: | Swedish |
Demographics1 Info2: | 0.3% |
Demographics1 Info3: | % |
Demographics1 Title4: | Others |
Demographics1 Info4: | 1.6% |
Demographics Type2: | Population by age |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [4] |
Demographics2 Title1: | 0 to 14 |
Demographics2 Info1: | 16.7% |
Demographics2 Title2: | 15 to 64 |
Demographics2 Info2: | 66.1% |
Demographics2 Title3: | 65 or older |
Demographics2 Info3: | 17.2% |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 61.15°N 64.5°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | www.kylmakoski.fi |
Kylmäkoski (in Finnish pronounced as /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) and covered a land area of . At the end of 2011, the urban area of Kylmäkoski had 674 inhabitants.[6] The population density was . 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]