Pihtipudas | |
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Municipality | |
| Pihtiputaan kunta Pihtipudas kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pihtipudas in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°22′N 025°34.5′E / 63.367°N 25.5750°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Ari Kinnunen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,247.48 km2 (481.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,074.93 km2 (415.03 sq mi) |
| • Water | 172.71 km2 (66.68 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 72nd largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,706 |
| • Rank | 197th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.45/km2 (8.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.5% (official) |
| • Others | 1.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 14.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53.1% |
| • 65 or older | 32.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | pihtipudas |
Pihtipudas is a municipality of Finland. Pihtipudas is known for the annual javelin carnival and for Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala, the inventor of Pesäpallo, the Finnish variant of baseball.[5][6]
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Clair, Michael (2 August 2024). "There's a pitcher, a batter... even a river sometimes. Welcome to Finnish baseball". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Introduction to the game" (in Finnish). Pesäpalloliitto. Retrieved 22 September 2022.