Soini is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. It is located in the

Southern Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( ; ) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South Ostrobo ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

is . Neighbouring municipalities are

Alajärvi Alajärvi (; ) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The town is unilingually Finnish. The mu ...

, Karstula, Kyyjärvi,

Saarijärvi Saarijärvi () is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland located in the Central Finland regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of , as of , and covers an area of ...

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

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

* Aukusti Mäenpää (1891 – 1933) *

Eino Uusitalo Eino Oskari Uusitalo (1 December 1924 – 19 March 2015) was a Finland, Finnish politician from the Centre Party (Finland), Centre Party. Uusitalo was born in Soini, Finland, Soini, and trained as an agronomist. He was a member of the parliament ...

(1924 – 2015) * Pekka Pesola (1925 – 2009) *

Jorma Huuhtanen Jorma Kalevi Huuhtanen (born 26 November 1945) is a Finnish physician, civil servant and politician, born in Soini. He served as Minister of Social Affairs from 24 April 1992 to 13 April 1995. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland T ...

(1945 – ) *

Aulis Akonniemi Aulis Juhani Akonniemi (born December 16, 1958) is a retired shot putter from Finland, born in Soini. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and comm ...

(1958 – ) *

Merja Korpela Merja Tuulikki Korpela (born 15 May 1981 in Soini, Finland, Soini) is a female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.56 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Belgrade. She finished fourth at the 2000 World Junior Championships in ...

(1981 – ) *

Noora Hautakangas Noora Hautakangas (born 22 March 1984, in Soini) is a Finnish model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Finland 2007 and was Finland's representative in Miss Universe 2007. She studied for a degree in prosthetics and orthotics at Helsinki ...

(1984 – )

References

External links

Municipality of Soini
– Official website Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia Populated places established in 1868 {{WesternFinland-geo-stub