Kaustinen ( sv, Kaustby) is a

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. It is part of the

Central Ostrobothnia Central Ostrobothnia ( fi, Keski-Pohjanmaa; sv, Mellersta Österbotten) is a region in Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and South Ostrobothnia. Historical provinces Municipalities ...

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. The municipality has a population about 4300 and covers an area of of which is water. The

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is . Neighbouring municipalities are

Halsua Halsua ( sv, Halso) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of about 1200 in 2019's and covers an area of of which is water ...

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and

Veteli Veteli ( sv, Vetil) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of almost 3200 in 2019. and covers an area of of which is water. ...

. The municipality is unilingually

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. It is the home of the

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival Kaustinen Folk Music Festival ( fi, Kaustisen kansanmusiikkijuhlat), celebrated yearly in July in Kaustinen, Finland, is the biggest folk music and dance festival in the Nordic countries. It was first celebrated in 1968. The festival originated in ...

, held every July. The "house band" is

JPP J.P.P. is a group of Finnish folk musicians from Kaustinen. The group still uses the Kaustinen traditional settings with fiddles, harmonium and double bass, although their arrangements are more advanced than those of earlier generations of tra ...

. The comic strip bird

Woodstock Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. ...

, named for the rock music festival in Woodstock, New York, is called Kaustinen in Finnish with obvious reference to this folk music festival. Europe's largest lithium reserve is located in Kaustinen area

Transport

Kaustinen is served by OnniBus.com route Helsinki—Jyväskylä—Kokkola.

Famous people from Kaustinen

Kreeta Haapasalo Kreeta Haapasalo, or Kantele-Kreeta (13 November 1813 – 29 March 1893), was a Finnish kantele-player, singer and folk musician. Life Kreeta Järvilä was born 13 November 1813 in Kaustby parish in Järvilä village as the youngest of a family ...

(1813–1893), Kantele player and songwriter *

Konsta Jylhä Konsta Viljami Jylhä (14 August 1910 Kaustinen – 13 September 1984 Kokkola) was a folk-virtuoso who, in Finnish fiddling, made the traditional '' pelimanni-style'' folk music a Finnish cultural phenomenon of wider currency, bringing his natural ...

(1910–1984), folk music composer, fiddler and master pelimanni *

Pehr Henrik Nordgren Pehr Henrik Nordgren (19 January 1944 – 25 August 2008) was a Finnish composer. Life Pehr Henrik Nordgren was born in Saltvik, Åland. received composition lessons starting from 1958 in Helsinki and studied musicology at the university from 196 ...

(1944–2008), classical composer

References

External links

Municipality of Kaustinen
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