Pihtipudas

Pihtipudas
Municipality
Pihtiputaan kunta
Pihtipudas kommun
Coat of arms of Pihtipudas
Coat of arms
Location of Pihtipudas in Finland
Location of Pihtipudas in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 025°34.5′E / 63.367°N 25.5750°E / 63.367; 25.5750
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionSaarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerAri Kinnunen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,247.48 km2 (481.65 sq mi)
 • Land1,074.93 km2 (415.03 sq mi)
 • Water172.71 km2 (66.68 sq mi)
 • Rank72nd largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-08-31)[2]
 • Total3,719
 • Rank197th largest in Finland
 • Density3.46/km2 (9.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 • Finnish98.5% (official)
 • Others1.5%
Population by age
[3]
 • 0 to 1414.3%
 • 15 to 6453.1%
 • 65 or older32.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitepihtipudas.fi

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]

  1. ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Introduction to the game" (in Finnish). Pesäpalloliitto. Retrieved 22 September 2022.