Kronoby (Kruunupyy in Finnish) is a municipality of 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 Ostrobothniaregion. The municipality has a population of 6,794 (2003) and covers an area of 751.66 km² of which 38.59 km² is water. The population density is 9.0 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. ... Ostrobothnia is one of Finlands 20 regions (fi: maakunta/sv: landskap). ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.
Kronoby is an average municipality on the western coast of Finland, 15 kilometers from the town of Kokkola and about 500 kilometers from the capital of Finland, Helsinki.
Kronobymunicipal library serves in three different places, the main library in the municipal centre and two smaller libraries in the next biggest villages, Nedervetil and Terjärv.
Kronobymunicipal library is one of thirteen Fredrika-libraries.