Kankaanpää is a town in western Finland. Kankaanpää was founded in 1865, became a township in 1967 and finally a town in 1972. It is located in the crossroads of Hämeenkangas and Pohjankangas ridges. It belongs to the administrative province of Western Finland. Kankaanpää has a population of about 13,000 inhabitants. 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 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. ...

History

First signs of man in the area are from the stone age and during the 16th century people started to settle in Kankaanpää area. Oldest houses that area found from the documents of Sweden-Finland are from the 1560 decade. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Traditional lands of Sweden. ... Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ...

The oldest passage in the province was from Hämeenkyrö through the ridges to Kauhajoki. In the 1600 century it was the most important road between southern Finland and Ostrobothnia. The king of Sweden-Finland visited Kankaanpää twice. Gustav II Adolph travelled from Ilmajoki to Hämeenlinna through Kankaanpää in 1614 and Adolf Fredrik had a rest in Kuninkaanlähde spring to water his horses and to eat in 1752. The spring was named after this event. Hämeenkyrö (Tavastkyro in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Kauhajoki is a municipality of Finland. ... Ostrobothnia, Österbotten (literally East (of) Bottom / the Gulf of Bothnia) or Pohjanmaa (literally Bottom land / soil / ground), is a historical province to the north in Finland. ... Gustav II Adolph (December 9, 1594 – November 6, 1632) (also known as Gustav Adolph the Great, under the Latin name Gustavus Adolphus or the Swedish form Gustav II Adolf) was a King of Sweden. ... One of many Ilmajoki´s lakes Ilmajoki is a municipality of Finland. ... Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus in Swedish) is a municipality and city of about 47,000 inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Adolf Frederick of Sweden, or Adolf Fredrik (May 14, 1710 - February 12, 1771), was the son of Christian August von Schleswig-Holstein-Eutin (1673-1726) and Albertina Frederica von Baden-Durlach (1682-1755). ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Education

Kankaanpää offers basic education with 12 elementary schools and a high school. There is also a trade school and a polytechnic school.

Culture

• Kankaanpää town museum is presenting the life in Kankaanpää during last 100 years

External links

• Kankaanpää (http://www.kankaanpaa.fi/) - Official site