Place:Kaustinen, Vaasa, Finland

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NameKaustinen
Alt namesKaustbysource: Wikipedia
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates63.55°N 23.667°E
Located inVaasa, Finland
Also located inKeski-Pohjanmaa, Länsi-Suomi, Finland    
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kaustinen is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population about 4300 and covers an area of of which is water.[1] The population density is .

Neighbouring municipalities are Halsua, Kokkola, Kronoby and Veteli. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

It is the home of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held every July. The "house band" is JPP. The comic strip bird Woodstock, named for the rock music festival in Woodstock, New York, is called Kaustinen in Finnish with obvious reference to this folk music festival.

Europe's largest lithium reserve is located in Kaustinen area

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