Soini, Finland

Municipality in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Soini

Municipality

Soinin kunta
Soini kommun

Coat of arms

Location of Soini in Finland

Coordinates: 62°52.5′N 24°12.5′E﻿ / ﻿62.8750°N 24.2083°E﻿ / 62.8750; 24.2083
Country|  Finland
Region| Southern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region| Järviseutu
Charter| 1868
Government

• Municipal manager| Maija Pihlajamäki
Area

(2018-01-01)[1]

• Total

| 574.22 km2 (221.71 sq mi)
• Land| 551.95 km2 (213.11 sq mi)
• Water| 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
• Rank| 155th largest in Finland
Population

(2025-03-31)[2]

• Total

| 1,799
• Rank| 264th largest in Finland
• Density| 3.26/km2 (8.4/sq mi)
Population by native language

[3]

• Finnish| 98.6% (official)
• Others| 1.4%
Population by age

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• 0 to 14| 15.6%
• 15 to 64| 52.3%
• 65 or older| 32.1%
Time zone| UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website| www.soini.fi

Soini is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 1,799 (31 March 2025)[2] and covers an area of 574.22 square kilometres (221.71 sq mi) of which 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.26 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.4/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Alajärvi, Karstula, Kyyjärvi, Saarijärvi and Ähtäri.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

## History

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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.[6]

## People born in Soini

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* Aukusti Mäenpää (1891 – 1933)
* Eino Uusitalo (1924 – 2015)
* Pekka Pesola (1925 – 2009)
* Jorma Huuhtanen (1945 – )
* Aulis Akonniemi (1958 – )
* Merja Korpela (1981 – )
* Noora Hautakangas (1984 – )

## References

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1. ^ a b "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 5,640,437 at the end of March 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-25. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
3. ^ "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
6. ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 419. Retrieved October 13, 2022.

## External links

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Media related to Soini at Wikimedia Commons

* Municipality of Soini – Official website

Places adjacent to Soini, Finland

|  | Alajärvi | Kyyjärvi (Central Finland)

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Soini

| Karstula (Central Finland)
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| Ähtäri | Saarijärvi (Central Finland)

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Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia

Municipalities|

* Alajärvi
* Alavus
* Evijärvi
* Ilmajoki
* Isojoki
* Isokyrö
* Karijoki
* Kauhajoki
* Kauhava
* Kuortane
* Kurikka
* Lappajärvi
* Lapua
* Seinäjoki
* Soini
* Teuva
* Vimpeli
* Ähtäri

Former municipalities|

* Alahärmä
* Jalasjärvi
* Jurva
* Kortesjärvi
* Lehtimäki
* Nurmo
* Peräseinäjoki
* Seinäjoen maalaiskunta
* Töysä
* Ylihärmä
* Ylistaro

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* Finland

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