Honkajoki
Honkajoki | |
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Former municipality | |
| Honkajoen kunta Honkajoki kommun | |
 Honkajoki Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Honkajoki in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°59′35″N 22°15′50″E / 61.99306°N 22.26389°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Satakunta |
| Sub-region | Pohjois-Satakunta sub-region |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Consolidated | 2021 |
| Area | |
• Total | 333.13 km2 (128.62 sq mi) |
| • Land | 331.22 km2 (127.88 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.8 km2 (0.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2020-12-31) | |
• Total | 1,595 |
| • Density | 20.76/km2 (53.8/sq mi) |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 55.4% |
| • 65 or older | 31.2% |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.3% |
| • Others | 3.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate | 22.50%[3] |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.honkajoki.fi |
Honkajoki (Finnish: [ˈhoŋkɑˌjoki]; 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.
The wooden tankard called haarikka in the coat of arms of Honkajoki represent local handicrafts, while the star comes from the coat of arms of Satakunta region. The coat of arms was designed by Ahti Hammar and was confirmed in 1952.[6]
In the 1980s, clot soup and lamb stew potatoes were named Honkajoki's traditional local dishes.[7]
References
- ^ "Population increased most in Uusimaa in January to June 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-07-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. 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.
- ^ Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1980, s. 158. Otava 1979, Helsinki.
- ^ Kolmonen, Jaakko (1988). Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky. p. 35.
External links
Media related to Honkajoki at Wikimedia Commons
Honkajoki travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Honkajoki Archived 2020-07-31 at the Wayback Machine – Official website
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