Soini is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
of
Finland
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.
It is located in the
Southern Ostrobothnia
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region
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. The municipality has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which is water.
The
population density
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is .
Neighbouring municipalities are
Alajärvi,
Karstula,
Kyyjärvi,
Saarijärvi and
Ähtäri.
The municipality is unilingually
Finnish.
History
The name is derived from the male name ''Soini'', a Finnish variant of the Scandinavian name ''Sven''. The village was first mentioned in 1754 as a part of the
Alajärvi parish. Soini gained a chapel in 1784 and a church in 1859. It was fully separated from Alajärvi in 1895. Soini originally had a Swedish name, ''Konungsåby'', which referred to the river
Kuninkaanjoki.
People born in Soini
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Aukusti Mäenpää (1891 – 1933)
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Eino Uusitalo (1924 – 2015)
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Pekka Pesola (1925 – 2009)
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Jorma Huuhtanen (1945 – )
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Aulis Akonniemi (1958 – )
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Merja Korpela (1981 – )
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Noora Hautakangas Noora Hautakangas (born 22 March 1984, in Soini) is Miss Finland (Miss Suomi) 2007 and was Finland's representative in Miss Universe 2007. She is currently studying for a degree
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As a unit of measurement
* Degree (angle ...
(1984 – )
References
External links
Municipality of Soini– Official website
Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia
Populated places established in 1868
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