Kangasniemi is a municipality in Finland. "The most beautiful commune of Finland"

  • the municipality was founded in 1867
  • location: on trunk road 13, 50 km to Mikkeli, 63 km to Jyväskylä, 47 km to Pieksämäki, 250 km to Helsinki
  • area 1326 km² (second largest in Southern Savo), more than 20% of the area is water
  • largest lakes: Puulavesi (Finland’s eighth largest lake) and Kyyvesi
  • more than 1550 km of shoreline
  • 6587 inhabitants (2001), more than half of them live in the main village
  • summer guests redouble the number of inhabitants during the summer months
  • 3467 summer houses
  • economic life: primary production 24%, processing 21%, services 50%, unclassified 5%
  • large forest resources, approx. 12 million cubic meters – yearly growth approx. 500 000 cubic meters
  • income tax per cent 18.25