• Source: Kuhmoinen

Kuhmoinen (Swedish: Kuhmois) is a municipality of Finland, in Pirkanmaa region, but until 2021, it was part of the Central Finland region. The municipality is home to 2052 inhabitants.
Neighbour municipalities are Jämsä, Kangasala, Luhanka, Orivesi, Padasjoki and Sysmä. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kuhmoinen is a municipality very much preferred by summer residents, and the municipality's population increases fivefold during the summer months.




Nature


There are altogether even 316 lakes in Kuhmoinen. Kuhmoinen lies on the west coast of Lake Päijänne. Biggest lakes in Kuhmoinen after Päijänne are Vehkajärvi and Isojärvi.
Isojärvi National Park resides in Kuhmoinen on the south side of Lake Isojärvi.




History


Kuhmoinen was established in the medieval times. It was first mentioned in 1483 as Kuchmois. At the time, it was a part of the Padasjoki parish and a center of a fourth (neljänneskunta) within the parish.




Twinnings


Puhja Parish, Estonia




People born in Kuhmoinen


Robert Ruohtula (1853 – 1914)
Joel Naaralainen (1867 – 1915)




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References






External links


Media related to Kuhmoinen at Wikimedia Commons
Kuhmoinen travel guide from Wikivoyage

Municipality of Kuhmoinen – Official website (in Finnish)
Isojärvi National Park

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Region di Finlandia
• Finlandia Tengah
• Kuhmoinen
• Lauri Pihkala
• Isojärvi (Kuhmoinen)
• Lake Päijänne
• Sysmä
• Regions of Finland
• Lumene
• Western Finland Province
• Municipalities of Pirkanmaa
• Pirkanmaa