Honkajoki

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Honkajoki
Former municipality
Honkajoen kunta
Honkajoki kommun
Honkajoki Church
Honkajoki Church
Coat of arms of Honkajoki
Coat of arms
Location of Honkajoki in Finland
Location of Honkajoki in Finland
Coordinates: 61°59′35″N 22°15′50″E / 61.99306°N 22.26389°E / 61.99306; 22.26389
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionPohjois-Satakunta sub-region
Charter1867
Consolidated2021
Area
 • Total
333.13 km2 (128.62 sq mi)
 • Land331.22 km2 (127.88 sq mi)
 • Water1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2020-12-31)
 • Total
1,595
 • Density20.76/km2 (53.8/sq mi)
Population by age
[1]
 • 0 to 1413.4%
 • 15 to 6455.4%
 • 65 or older31.2%
Population by native language
 • Finnish96.5% (official)
 • Swedish0.3%
 • Others3.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate22.50%[2]
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.honkajoki.fi

Honkajoki (Finnish: [ˈhoŋkɑˌjoki]; Hongonjoki until 1952)[3] 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)[1] 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).[4] 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.[5]

In the 1980s, clot soup and lamb stew potatoes were named Honkajoki's traditional local dishes.[6]

Villages

Prior to its consolidation into Kankaanpää in 2021, Honkajoki consisted of the following villages:

  • Antila, Honkajoki,[a] Katko, Lauhala, Paasto, Vataja, Pappila, Mämminmaa, Pukara, Perämaa, Jyllinkoski, Rynkäinen, Vahonkylä
Notes
  1. Designated as a church village (kirkonkylä).

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2020" (PDF). Vero.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Tax Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. "Historia". honkajoenseurakunta.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on Jan 24, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  4. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1980, s. 158. Otava 1979, Helsinki.
  6. Kolmonen, Jaakko (1988). Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky. p. 35.

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