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Äänekoski is a town and municipality of Finland. This is a list of towns in Finland. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...


It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 13,703 (2003) and covers an area of 763.00 km² of which 163.68 km² is water. The population density is 22.9 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Central Finland is a region (maakunta / landskap) in the province of Western Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...


The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


There happened in 2004 the worst road accident in Finland, Äänekoski bus disaster. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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