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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism_and_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism_and_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Tourism and culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Tourism_and_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Tourism and culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Tourism_and_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Cultural_events_and_sightseeing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cultural_events_and_sightseeing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Cultural events and sightseeing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cultural_events_and_sightseeing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History-_and_art-related_sightseeing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History-_and_art-related_sightseeing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>History- and art-related sightseeing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History-_and_art-related_sightseeing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_food_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_food_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Regional food culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_food_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Local media</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Local_media-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Regional politics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Regional_politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Regional politics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Regional_politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Parliamentary_elections_2019" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parliamentary_elections_2019"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Parliamentary elections 2019</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parliamentary_elections_2019-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Municipal_elections_2012" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Municipal_elections_2012"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Municipal elections 2012</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Municipal_elections_2012-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_government_and_regional_development" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_government_and_regional_development"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Regional government and regional development</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Regional_government_and_regional_development-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Regional government and regional development subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Regional_government_and_regional_development-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Regional_Council_of_Kainuu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_Council_of_Kainuu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Regional Council of Kainuu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_Council_of_Kainuu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Areas_of_responsibility" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Areas_of_responsibility"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Areas of responsibility</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Areas_of_responsibility-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Key_strategies_and_documents_driving_the_Regional_Councils_actions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Key_strategies_and_documents_driving_the_Regional_Councils_actions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Key strategies and documents driving the Regional Councils actions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Key_strategies_and_documents_driving_the_Regional_Councils_actions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_policymaking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_policymaking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Regional policymaking</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Regional_policymaking-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Regional policymaking subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Regional_policymaking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Regional_Assembly_2013–2016" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_Assembly_2013–2016"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Regional Assembly 2013–2016</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_Assembly_2013–2016-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_Youth_Council_of_Kainuu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_Youth_Council_of_Kainuu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Regional Youth Council of Kainuu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_Youth_Council_of_Kainuu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88" title="كاينو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كاينو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaynuu" title="Kaynuu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kaynuu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu_T%C5%8Da-khu" title="Kainuu Tōa-khu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kainuu Tōa-khu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%83" title="Кайнуу – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кайнуу" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%9E" title="Кайнуў – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Кайнуў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu_(lalawigan_sa_Finland)" title="Kainuu (lalawigan sa Finland) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kainuu (lalawigan sa Finland)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajanaland" title="Kajanaland – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kajanaland" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu_eanangoddi" title="Kainuu eanangoddi – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Kainuu eanangoddi" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu_maakond" title="Kainuu maakond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kainuu maakond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_de_Kainuu" title="Región de Kainuu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región de Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88" title="کاینو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کاینو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajanie" title="Cajanie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cajanie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EC%9D%B4%EB%88%84_%EC%A7%80%EC%97%AD" title="카이누 지역 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카이누 지역" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%83" title="Кайнуу – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Кайнуу" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kainuu" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a 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lang="fi">Kainuun maakunta</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a>)</span><br /><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Landskapet Kajanaland</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kainuu.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Kainuu"><img alt="Flag of Kainuu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Kainuu.svg/75px-Flag_of_Kainuu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Kainuu.svg/113px-Flag_of_Kainuu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Kainuu.svg/150px-Flag_of_Kainuu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="420" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kainuu.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Kainuu"><img alt="Coat of arms of Kainuu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Kainuu.vaakuna.svg/75px-Kainuu.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Kainuu.vaakuna.svg/113px-Kainuu.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Kainuu.vaakuna.svg/150px-Kainuu.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="520" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kainuu_sijainti_Suomi.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kainuu on a map of Finland"><img alt="Kainuu on a map of Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Kainuu_sijainti_Suomi.svg/150px-Kainuu_sijainti_Suomi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Kainuu_sijainti_Suomi.svg/225px-Kainuu_sijainti_Suomi.svg.png 1.5x, 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location"><span class="latitude">64°30′N</span> <span class="longitude">28°00′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">64.500°N 28.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">64.500; 28.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Historical_provinces_of_Finland" title="Historical provinces of Finland">Historical province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ostrobothnia_(historical_province)" title="Ostrobothnia (historical province)">Ostrobothnia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kajaani" title="Kajaani">Kajaani</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other town</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kuhmo" title="Kuhmo">Kuhmo</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Regional Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Pentti Malinen</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Chairman of the Regional Assembly</th><td class="infobox-data">Pentti Kettunen</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Chairman of the Regional Board</th><td class="infobox-data">Timo Korhonen</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">22,687.38 km<sup>2</sup> (8,759.65 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2019).<sup id="cite_ref-Ref2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">72,306</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">3.2/km<sup>2</sup> (8.3/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">€2.111 billion (2015)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">€26,779 (2015)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">FI-05</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NUTS_of_Finland" class="mw-redirect" title="NUTS of Finland">NUTS</a></th><td class="infobox-data">134</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regional bird</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Siberian_jay" title="Siberian jay">Siberian jay</a> (<i>Perisoreus infaustus</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regional fish</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_smelt" title="European smelt">European smelt</a> (<i>Osmerus eperlanus</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regional flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Calluna" title="Calluna">Heather</a> (<i>Calluna vulgaris</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regional Stone</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greenschist" title="Greenschist">Greenschist</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regional lake</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ouluj%C3%A4rvi" title="Oulujärvi">Oulujärvi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regional song</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/N%C3%A4lk%C3%A4maan_laulu" title="Nälkämaan laulu">Nälkämaan laulu</a></i> (The Song of the Starving Land)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kainuunliitto.fi/en/">www.kainuu.fi/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media 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For the lake formerly known as Lake Cajania, see <a href="/wiki/Ouluj%C3%A4rvi" title="Oulujärvi">Oulujärvi</a>.</div> <p><b>Kainuu</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Finnish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fi-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Finnish" title="Help:IPA/Finnish">[ˈkɑi̯nuː]</a></span>), also historically known as <b>Cajania</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">Kajanaland</i>), is one of the 19 <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Finland" title="Regions of Finland">regions of Finland</a> (<i>maakunta</i> / <i>landskap</i>). Kainuu borders the regions of <a href="/wiki/North_Ostrobothnia" title="North Ostrobothnia">North Ostrobothnia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Savonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Savonia">North Savo</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Karelia" title="North Karelia">North Karelia</a>. In the east, it also borders <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Karelia" title="Republic of Karelia">Republic of Karelia</a>). </p><p>Culturally Kainuu is part of larger Eastern-Finnish cultural heritage. The <a href="/wiki/Kainuu_dialect" title="Kainuu dialect">dialect of Kainuu</a> resembles Savonian and Karelian dialects. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boreal forest makes up most of the biome in Kainuu. The forest in Kainuu mostly consists of birches, pines and spruces. The atypical regional geography and landscape consist of lakes, hills and vast uninhabited forest areas. </p><p>The largest lake in the region is the <a href="/wiki/Ouluj%C3%A4rvi" title="Oulujärvi">Oulujärvi</a> (928.09 km<sup>2</sup>), one of the largest lakes in Finland. Its shorelines, open waters and islands in Kainuu belong to the municipalities of Paltamo and Kajaani. </p><p>The highest point in Kainuu is the Iso Tuomivaara (385 m), located in the municipality of <a href="/wiki/Hyrynsalmi" title="Hyrynsalmi">Hyrynsalmi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regional climate is <a href="/wiki/Continental_climate" title="Continental climate">continental</a>. The three most populous <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban areas</a> in Kainuu (December 31, 2017) are <a href="/wiki/Kajaani" title="Kajaani">Kajaani</a> town center (30,028), <a href="/wiki/Vuokatti" title="Vuokatti">Vuokatti</a> village (6,207) in <a href="/wiki/Sotkamo" title="Sotkamo">Sotkamo</a> municipality, and <a href="/wiki/Kuhmo" title="Kuhmo">Kuhmo</a> town center (5,349).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_province">Historical province</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For history, geography and culture, see <a href="/wiki/Ostrobothnia_(historical_province)" title="Ostrobothnia (historical province)">Ostrobothnia (historical province)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the origin of the name Kainuu, see <a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_name_Kainuu" class="mw-redirect" title="Origin of the name Kainuu">Origin of the name Kainuu</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Kainuu" title="Municipalities of Kainuu">Municipalities of Kainuu</a></div> <p>The region of Kainuu consists of eight <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland" title="Municipalities of Finland">municipalities</a>, two of which have city status (marked in bold). </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sub-regions">Sub-regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sub-regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1088965794">@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .columns-start .column{float:left;min-width:20em}.mw-parser-output .columns-2 .column{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .columns-3 .column{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .columns-4 .column{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .columns-5 .column{width:20%}}</style><div class="columns-start columns-2"><div class="column"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Kajaani_sub-region" title="Kajaani sub-region">Kajaani sub-region</a></b> </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kajaani.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kajaani.vaakuna.svg/23px-Kajaani.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kajaani.vaakuna.svg/35px-Kajaani.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kajaani.vaakuna.svg/46px-Kajaani.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="572" /></a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kajaani" title="Kajaani">Kajaani</a></b></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paltamo.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Paltamo.vaakuna.svg/23px-Paltamo.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Paltamo.vaakuna.svg/35px-Paltamo.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Paltamo.vaakuna.svg/46px-Paltamo.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="563" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Paltamo" title="Paltamo">Paltamo</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg/23px-Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg/35px-Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Kehys-Kainuu">Kehys-Kainuu</a></b> </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg/23px-Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg/35px-Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg/46px-Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="570" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hyrynsalmi" title="Hyrynsalmi">Hyrynsalmi</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg/23px-Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg/35px-Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg/46px-Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="575" /></a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kuhmo" title="Kuhmo">Kuhmo</a></b></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Puolanka.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Puolanka.vaakuna.svg/23px-Puolanka.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Puolanka.vaakuna.svg/35px-Puolanka.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Puolanka.vaakuna.svg/46px-Puolanka.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="545" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Puolanka" title="Puolanka">Puolanka</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg/23px-Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg/35px-Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg/46px-Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="541" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Suomussalmi" title="Suomussalmi">Suomussalmi</a></li></ul> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_municipalities">List of municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: right; line-height: normal;"> <tbody><tr> <th class="unsortable">Coat of<br />arms </th> <th>Municipality </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Land area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Density<br />(/km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Finnish<br />speakers </th> <th>Swedish<br />speakers </th> <th>Other<br />speakers </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Hyrynsalmi"><img alt="Coat of arms of Hyrynsalmi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg/50px-Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg/75px-Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg/100px-Hyrynsalmi.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="570" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hyrynsalmi" title="Hyrynsalmi">Hyrynsalmi</a></td> <td>2,007</td> <td>1,421</td> <td>1 </td> <td>100 %</td> <td>0.2 %</td> <td>2 % </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kajaani.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Kajaani"><img alt="Coat of arms of Kajaani" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kajaani.vaakuna.svg/50px-Kajaani.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kajaani.vaakuna.svg/75px-Kajaani.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kajaani.vaakuna.svg/100px-Kajaani.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="572" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kajaani" title="Kajaani">Kajaani</a></td> <td>36,517</td> <td>1,835</td> <td>20 </td> <td>93 %</td> <td>0.1 %</td> <td>7 % </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Kuhmo"><img alt="Coat of arms of Kuhmo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg/50px-Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg/75px-Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg/100px-Kuhmo.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="575" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuhmo" title="Kuhmo">Kuhmo</a></td> <td>7,498</td> <td>4,807</td> <td>2 </td> <td>98 %</td> <td>0.1 %</td> <td>3 % </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paltamo.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Paltamo"><img alt="Coat of arms of Paltamo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Paltamo.vaakuna.svg/50px-Paltamo.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Paltamo.vaakuna.svg/75px-Paltamo.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Paltamo.vaakuna.svg/100px-Paltamo.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="563" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paltamo" title="Paltamo">Paltamo</a></td> <td>2,994</td> <td>919</td> <td>3 </td> <td>100 %</td> <td>0.1 %</td> <td>2 % </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Puolanka.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Puolanka"><img alt="Coat of arms of Puolanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Puolanka.vaakuna.svg/50px-Puolanka.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Puolanka.vaakuna.svg/75px-Puolanka.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Puolanka.vaakuna.svg/100px-Puolanka.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="545" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Puolanka" title="Puolanka">Puolanka</a></td> <td>2,352</td> <td>2,461</td> <td>1 </td> <td>97 %</td> <td>0.2 %</td> <td>3 % </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Ristijärvi"><img alt="Coat of arms of Ristijärvi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg/50px-Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg/75px-Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg/100px-Ristijarvi.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="594" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ristij%C3%A4rvi" title="Ristijärvi">Ristijärvi</a></td> <td>1,160</td> <td>836</td> <td>1 </td> <td>98 %</td> <td>0 %</td> <td>2 % </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sotkamo.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Sotkamo"><img alt="Coat of arms of Sotkamo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sotkamo.vaakuna.svg/50px-Sotkamo.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sotkamo.vaakuna.svg/75px-Sotkamo.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sotkamo.vaakuna.svg/100px-Sotkamo.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="570" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sotkamo" title="Sotkamo">Sotkamo</a></td> <td>10,192</td> <td>2,649</td> <td>4 </td> <td>96 %</td> <td>0.2 %</td> <td>5 % </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Suomussalmi"><img alt="Coat of arms of Suomussalmi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg/50px-Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg/75px-Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg/100px-Suomussalmi.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="541" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suomussalmi" title="Suomussalmi">Suomussalmi</a></td> <td>7,079</td> <td>5,270</td> <td>1 </td> <td>98 %</td> <td>0.1 %</td> <td>3 % </td></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th style="text-align:right"><b>Total</b></th> <th style="text-align:right">69,799</th> <th style="text-align:right">20,198</th> <th style="text-align:right">3 </th> <th style="text-align:right">95 % </th> <th style="text-align:right">0.1 % </th> <th style="text-align:right">5 % </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_municipalities">Former municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Former municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vuolijoki.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Vuolijoki.vaakuna.svg/23px-Vuolijoki.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Vuolijoki.vaakuna.svg/35px-Vuolijoki.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Vuolijoki.vaakuna.svg/46px-Vuolijoki.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="545" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vuolijoki" title="Vuolijoki">Vuolijoki</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kajaanin_mlk.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Kajaanin_mlk.vaakuna.svg/23px-Kajaanin_mlk.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Kajaanin_mlk.vaakuna.svg/35px-Kajaanin_mlk.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Kajaanin_mlk.vaakuna.svg/46px-Kajaanin_mlk.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="540" /></a></span> Kajaani <a href="/wiki/Maalaiskunta" title="Maalaiskunta">rural municipality</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changes_in_the_region's_municipalities"><span id="Changes_in_the_region.27s_municipalities"></span>Changes in the region's municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Changes in the region's municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaala.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Vaala.vaakuna.svg/23px-Vaala.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Vaala.vaakuna.svg/35px-Vaala.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Vaala.vaakuna.svg/46px-Vaala.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="534" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vaala" title="Vaala">Vaala</a> (moved to Northern Ostrobothnia in 2016)</li></ul> <p>The administrative capital of Kainuu is <a href="/wiki/Kajaani" title="Kajaani">Kajaani</a>. </p><p>Vaala, formerly one of the nine municipal members of the Kainuu region became part of the Northern Ostrobothnia in the beginning of the year 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238864702">.mw-parser-output .bar-chart{margin:0.5em;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid #c0c0c0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart 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.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}</style> <table class="bar-chart"> <caption>Kainuu Regional Population between 1980 - 2015<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" class="bar-chart-label-type">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 35em">Population </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1980 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 35em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:34.7em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 35em;"><span class="nowrap">99,247</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1985 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 35em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:34.8em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 35em;"><span class="nowrap">99,288</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1990 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 35em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:33.9em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 35em;"><span class="nowrap">96,957</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1995 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 35em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:33.3em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 35em;"><span class="nowrap">95,201</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2000 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 35em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:31.4em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 35em;"><span class="nowrap">89,777</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2005 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 35em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:29.9em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 35em;"><span class="nowrap">85,303</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2010 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 35em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:28.7em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 35em;"><span class="nowrap">82,073</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2015 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 35em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:27.7em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 35em;"><span class="nowrap">79,032</span></span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i>The municipality of Vaala is still counted as part of the region in the end of 2015.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012 Kainuu region had a total of 29 722 jobs. The largest sector in the employment market of Kainuu is the service sector with (21 915) 73,7 % share of the regions entire employed workforce. The industrial and construction sector follow as the 2nd largest actor with (5 243) 17,6 % of the employed working under these fields. Third largest sector is the forest industry and agriculture with a (2 228) 7,5 % workforce. The smallest uncounted factor in these statistics are the miscellaneous jobs that do not fit easily under any of three general terms mentioned above. The miscellaneous jobs form 336 1,2 % of the region's workforce.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The total unemployment of Kainuu was in 2014 6 001 which is 16,9 % of the workforce of the area. The nationwide average at the time was 12,4 %. The worst unemployment was in the town of Kuhmo with (771) 19,6 % people unemployed. The town with the least amount of unemployment was the municipality of Sotkamo with (684) 14,1 % people unemployed. Kainuu has a total of 4301 firms by each sector in its economy. Three of the largest sectors are Agriculture, forestry and fishing, wholesale and retail trade and construction. The smallest three are education, mining & quarrying and information & communication.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>State, municipal and private sectors are the three big players in the regions employment market. Private sector is the largest actor in the region with 51% of the workforce working on it. Municipal sector comes up to 29% and the state has 7% of the workforce. Statewide averages are 58% for the private, 23% for the municipal and 6% for the state sectors. The number of companies in the region of Kainuu is 3 429.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regional education qualification level is at 67,4 % between the age groups of 15 years and over. The average of women in the region for the educational qualification is 67,4 % and for men 67,3 %. The nationwide average is 69,4% for the whole age group and the nationwide average for women is 70,1 % and for men 68,7%. Based on these numbers Kainuu has the 8th lowest educational level out of the 19 regions of Finland.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kainuu has several further education institutes and organizations that are centralized in the town of Kajaani. These are Kajaani University of Applied Sciences,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AIKOPA<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Kainuu Vocational College (KAO).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the municipalities and towns also offer education for the upper secondary education. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kajaani_University_of_Applied_Sciences" title="Kajaani University of Applied Sciences">Kajaani University of Applied Sciences</a> (KAMK) offers education, research, development and innovation services. These happen in the fields of activity tourism, nursing and health care, business and innovation, information systems and mechanical engineering. The students number at 2000 in the KAMK and the staff at 235.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref4_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AIKOPA is part of KAMK's and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oulu" title="University of Oulu">University of Oulu's</a> service that is provided for joint adult and continuing education. AIKOPa offers services like education, expertise, research and development at the higher education level.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref4_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Kainuu Vocational College (KAO) has a goal to give training, vocational and basic skills for both the young people and adults who number approximately at 2600. KAO has six different field of education through which students and the adults alike can receive qualification and training. These are technology and transportation, tourism, catering and domestic services, natural resources, healthcare, culture and business and administration.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kajaani_railway_station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Kajaani_railway_station.jpg/220px-Kajaani_railway_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Kajaani_railway_station.jpg/330px-Kajaani_railway_station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Kajaani_railway_station.jpg/440px-Kajaani_railway_station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The Kajaani railway station</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vuokatti_railway_station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Vuokatti_railway_station.jpg/220px-Vuokatti_railway_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Vuokatti_railway_station.jpg/330px-Vuokatti_railway_station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Vuokatti_railway_station.jpg/440px-Vuokatti_railway_station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1504" data-file-height="962" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vuokatti_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vuokatti railway station (page does not exist)">Vuokatti railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Kainuu has a total of 4 732 kilometers of road network and the average of 505 private cars / 1000 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The air traffic of Kainuu had 81 854 cumulative passengers of which 77 981 were domestic and 3 873 were international passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only major airport in the region is the Kajaani airport which is located some 7 kilometers (4 mi) northwest from the Kajaani town center. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kajaani_railway_station" title="Kajaani railway station">Kajaani railway station</a> works as the central hub for the Kainuu regions train passenger and freight transportation. The passenger traffic from and to Kajaani railway station runs between the line 13 of Helsinki-Kajaani and the line 14A of Oulu-Kontiomäki. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism_and_culture">Tourism and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tourism and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Riihipihan_tuulimylly.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Riihipihan_tuulimylly.jpg/220px-Riihipihan_tuulimylly.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Riihipihan_tuulimylly.jpg/330px-Riihipihan_tuulimylly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Riihipihan_tuulimylly.jpg/440px-Riihipihan_tuulimylly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="2912" /></a><figcaption>The windmill of Riihipiha in <a href="/wiki/Vuolijoki" title="Vuolijoki">Vuolijoki</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Tourism is a significant factor in the regional economics of Kainuu. <sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region is marketed as the Arctic Lakeland, where features of <a href="/wiki/Lapland_(Finland)" title="Lapland (Finland)">Lapland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_lake_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish lake district">Finnish lake district</a> overlap. The two most important seasons for the region's tourism are winter and summer. Winter season is the more popular one amongst the tourists and travelers, although the single most popular month for the overnight stays in Kainuu is July. The count for the nights spent in the Kainuu region was 970 953 in the year of 2014. Domestic tourism forms a major part of the annual tourism. Around 10% of the annual tourism of the regions comes from the international tourism. The variation of this number is dependent on the economic turns that have caused drops in the Russian tourism towards the Kainuu region in which the Russians have been the single largest customer group.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref5_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref5-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kainuu region has three major sports and ski resorts, which are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Paljakka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paljakka (page does not exist)">Paljakka</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ukkohalla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ukkohalla (page does not exist)">Ukkohalla</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Vuokatti" title="Vuokatti">Vuokatti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These resorts offer various sport possibilities for different seasons such as skiing, downhill skiing and hiking among others. </p><p>Outside the sport resorts there are also tourism related service clusters and networks such as Wild Taiga which offers various services from different actors of Kuhmo and Suomussalmi municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other significant regional points of interest from the perspective of tourism are the areas around Oulujärvi, Kajaani and Ristijärvi.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In tourism Oulujärvi is concentrated on offering services in water and culture based tourism around the lake.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kajaani" title="Kajaani">Kajaani</a>, the town on the shores of the lake, is the capital of Kainuu and the central transportational hub in the area. The town is central for the tourists who come to the Kainuu region either by <a href="/wiki/Kajaani_railway_station" title="Kajaani railway station">train</a> or by plane to the <a href="/wiki/Kajaani_Airport" title="Kajaani Airport">Kajaani Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:H%C3%B6vel%C3%B6.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/H%C3%B6vel%C3%B6.JPG/220px-H%C3%B6vel%C3%B6.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/H%C3%B6vel%C3%B6.JPG/330px-H%C3%B6vel%C3%B6.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/H%C3%B6vel%C3%B6.JPG/440px-H%C3%B6vel%C3%B6.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><i>Hövelö</i> (Eino Leino House) in Paltaniemi, Kajaani</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Kajaani" title="Kajaani">Kajaani</a> offers many commercial and culturally related services for tourists. The historical village of <a href="/wiki/Paltaniemi" title="Paltaniemi">Paltaniemi</a> in Kajaani is well-known as the birthplace of the Finnish poet <a href="/wiki/Eino_Leino" title="Eino Leino">Eino Leino</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Elias_L%C3%B6nnrot" title="Elias Lönnrot">Elias Lönnrot</a> lived in the same village when he compiled the Finnish national epic <i><a href="/wiki/Kalevala" title="Kalevala">Kalevala</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The writer <a href="/wiki/Ilmari_Kianto" title="Ilmari Kianto">Ilmari Kianto</a> also influenced the Kainuu region, and through his works, Kianto made known the description of the Kainuu poor people at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other examples of these cultural services includes the Town Theater, Kaukametsä Culture and Congress Center,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kainuu Museum<sup id="cite_ref-Ref6_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Kajaani Art Museum<sup id="cite_ref-Ref7_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref7-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and many others. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kajawood&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kajawood (page does not exist)">Kajawood</a>, a film production company, also known as the "Finnish <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" title="Cinema of the United States">Hollywood</a>", is located in <a href="/wiki/Sotkamo" title="Sotkamo">Sotkamo</a>, Kainuu.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_events_and_sightseeing">Cultural events and sightseeing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cultural events and sightseeing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region of Kainuu and its municipalities offer wide variety of different seasonal events and sightseeing possibilities. Cultural events vary from sports to entertainment and cultural events. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuhmo_Chamber_Music_Festival" title="Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival">Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival</a></li> <li>Kajaani Poetry Week<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kajaani Dance<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kajaani International Dog Show<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swamp_football" title="Swamp football">Swamp Soccer</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Swamp Rock<sup id="cite_ref-35" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Kajaani_kirkko_20090116.JPG/170px-Kajaani_kirkko_20090116.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Kajaani_kirkko_20090116.JPG/255px-Kajaani_kirkko_20090116.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Kajaani_kirkko_20090116.JPG/340px-Kajaani_kirkko_20090116.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1649" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Kajaani_Church" title="Kajaani Church">The Kajaani Church</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:172px;max-width:172px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kajaanin_linna.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Kajaanin_linna.jpg/170px-Kajaanin_linna.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Kajaanin_linna.jpg/255px-Kajaanin_linna.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Kajaanin_linna.jpg/340px-Kajaanin_linna.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Kajaani_Castle" title="Kajaani Castle">The Kajaani Castle ruins</a></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Notable history-related sightseeing in Kainuu</div></div></div></div> <ul><li>Suomussalmi Rock<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lanka Fest<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kainuu_Orienteering_Week" title="Kainuu Orienteering Week">Kainuu Orienteering Week</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lost in Kajaani<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kainuun Musiikki juhlat<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ethno Music Festival Sommelo<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History-_and_art-related_sightseeing">History- and art-related sightseeing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: History- and art-related sightseeing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Eino Leino House<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kainuu museum<sup id="cite_ref-Ref6_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kajaani Art Museum<sup id="cite_ref-Ref7_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref7-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Raatteen Portti Winter War Museum<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Winter War Museum<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajaani_Castle" title="Kajaani Castle">Kajaani Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajaani_Church" title="Kajaani Church">Kajaani Church</a></li> <li>The Kalevala Village<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_food_culture">Regional food culture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Regional food culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Food products that come from the nature are essential part of the local food culture in Kainuu. These include fish, various berries, game meat and variety of mushrooms. A few examples of these are the traditional <a href="/wiki/Finnish_cuisine#Kainuu" title="Finnish cuisine">vendace soup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finnish_cuisine" title="Finnish cuisine">smoked meat soup</a> and the sweetened lingonberry porridge. </p><p>Bread and bakery are also one of the corner stones of Kainuu-based kitchen. These include rye bread and local specialties such as a traditional sweet delicacy called <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B6ntt%C3%B6nen" title="Rönttönen">Rönttönen</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_cuisine" title="Finnish cuisine">bread cheese / squeaky cheese</a> that is often served together with cloudberry jam or as is. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_media">Local media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Local media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kainuu region's most popular newspaper is the morning newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Kainuun_Sanomat" title="Kainuun Sanomat">Kainuun Sanomat</a></i> with 50 000 daily readers and 16 093 copies in circulation.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also several other smaller news- and free newspapers which are more local and town based in their news coverage and distribution. The more popular example in the Kainuu region is the Koti-Kajaani with a total of 30 276 - 38 369 copies in circulations in the weekdays of Wednesday and Saturday.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_newspapers">Local newspapers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Local newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kainuun Sanomat</li> <li>Koti-Kajaani</li> <li>Kuhmolainen<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Puolanka-lehti<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sotkamo-lehti<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ylä-Kainuu<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Väylä<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_radio_stations">Local radio stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Local radio stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kainuu has two regional radio stations among the statewide radio stations. Radio Kajaus bases it content on pop music, news and interviews on the current affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kainuun Radio is one of the 19 regional radiostations owned by the state company Yleisradio (YLE). Between 6.30 – 17.00 the station broadcasts its own regional content. Outside of that the station will share the contents of the statewide Yle Radio Suomi station.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Radio Kajaus</li> <li>YLE Kainuun radio</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regional_politics">Regional politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Regional politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Finnish parliamentary election Kainuu is part of the <a href="/wiki/Oulu_(electoral_district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oulu (electoral district)">Oulu electoral district</a> which elects 18 members of the Finnish parliament from the local district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_elections_2019">Parliamentary elections 2019</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Parliamentary elections 2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#cccccc" align="center" rowspan="2"><b>Parliamentary elections 2019</b> </td> <td style="background:#cccccc" align="center" colspan="10"><b>% Of Votes Cast</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc" align="center"> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Finland)" title="Centre Party (Finland)">Centre Party</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Finns_Party" title="Finns Party">Finns Party</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Left_Alliance_(Finland)" title="Left Alliance (Finland)">Left Alliance</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Finland" title="Social Democratic Party of Finland">SDP</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_Party_(Finland)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Coalition Party (Finland)">National Coalition</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Green_League" title="Green League">Green League</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democrats_(Finland)" title="Christian Democrats (Finland)">Christian Democrats</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Movement_Now" title="Movement Now">Movement Now</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Blue_Reform" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Reform">Blue Reform</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Seven_Star_Movement" title="Seven Star Movement">Seven Star Movement</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Swedish_People%27s_Party_of_Finland" title="Swedish People's Party of Finland">Swedish People's Party</a></small> </td> <td><small>Other</small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Kainuu</b> </td> <td>31.28 </td> <td>20.42 </td> <td>18.54 </td> <td>9.57 </td> <td>7.75 </td> <td>6.23 </td> <td>2.20 </td> <td>0.40 </td> <td>0.38 </td> <td>0.21 </td> <td>0.08 </td> <td>2.94 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Whole country</b> </td> <td>13.76 </td> <td>17.48 </td> <td>8.17 </td> <td>17.73 </td> <td>17.00 </td> <td>11.49 </td> <td>3.90 </td> <td>2.25 </td> <td>0.97 </td> <td>0.37 </td> <td>4.53 </td> <td>2.35 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A municipal election is held every 4 years and the members of the elected municipal councils also elect members amongst themselves to represent their respective municipality in the regional council of Kainuu. Traditionally, up to this date, the Centre Party has been the largest political entity in both the <a href="/wiki/Oulu_(electoral_district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oulu (electoral district)">Oulu electoral district</a> and in the region of Kainuu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipal_elections_2012">Municipal elections 2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Municipal elections 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#cccccc" align="center" rowspan="2"><b>Municipal Elections 2012</b><sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#cccccc" align="center" colspan="10"><b>Council Seats</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc" align="center"> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Center_Party_(Finland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center Party (Finland)">Center Party</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Left_Alliance_(Finland)" title="Left Alliance (Finland)">Left Alliance</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Finland" title="Social Democratic Party of Finland">SDP</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_Party_(Finland)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Coalition Party (Finland)">National Coalition</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Green_League" title="Green League">Green League</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Finns_Party" title="Finns Party">Finns Party</a></small> </td> <td><small>Other</small> </td> <td><small>Total</small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Hyrynsalmi</b> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Kajaani</b> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>51 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Kuhmo</b> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Paltamo</b> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Puolanka</b> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Ristijärvi</b> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Sotkamo</b> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Suomussalmi</b> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Vaala</b> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Kainuu in total</b> </td> <td>126 </td> <td>41 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>257 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regional_government_and_regional_development">Regional government and regional development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Regional government and regional development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_Council_of_Kainuu">Regional Council of Kainuu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Regional Council of Kainuu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Regional Council of Kainuu is one of the 19 regional councils in Finland. The law gives these councils two mains tasks that are development of the region and the land use and planning in the region. A regional council is a key actor in the area that is responsible of the implementation of the Structural Fund programs of the EU. Networking with other actors both within and outside the region is important in protecting and promoting the unique culture of the region. </p><p>Regional Council of Kainuu is governed by the regional assembly, decisions carried out by the regional board and assisted by the Regional council's office, which is led by the regional mayor. The Regional Assembly of Kainuu has 35 members.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref3_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref3-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regional council's office has about 20-25 employees and is divided into different teams depending on the area of their responsibility and expertise.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The establishing treaty of the Regional Council of Kainuu (accepted in December 2015) defines the Assembly tasks as follows: </p> <ul><li><i>The Regional Assembly elects a council chairman and also the 1st and 2nd vice chairmen to whom the assembly also grants a right to be present and to speak at the meetings of the Board of the Regional Council.</i></li> <li><i>The Regional Assembly approves an estimated budget for the Regional Council for each financial year and a financial plan for the Regional Council at least for 3 years.</i></li> <li><i>Regional Assembly decides based on the preparations of the audit board, auditor’s report and reminders in the report on how these give rise to action. While approving the financial statement the Regional Assembly also decides on the discharge for the entities and persons accountable.</i></li> <li><i>The Regional Assembly chooses the members of the Regional Board and also chooses the chairman and the vice chairmen and decides upon the length of the term of the Regional Board.</i></li> <li><i>Regional Assembly also has the ability to establish such institutions and actors which it sees fit for the moment.</i></li> <li><i>Regional Assembly appoints an audit board for the inspection of the management and the financial situation. The Assembly also decides upon the proposal of the audit board whether there is a call for one or two auditing firm.</i></li></ul> <p>Regional Assembly's tasks, Regional Council of Kainuu<sup id="cite_ref-Ref3_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref3-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Areas_of_responsibility">Areas of responsibility</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Areas of responsibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Land Use and Planning</b></li></ul> <p>Land use planning, cooperation with interest groups and other authority related tasks which are the key fields of responsibility in the regional land use planning.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref10_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref10-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Regional land use plan is drafted by the Regional Council of Kainuu and approved by the Regional Assembly. Up until the beginning of the year 2016 the approved plan was sent to be validated at the Ministry of Environment.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref12_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref12-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The changes in the legislations deemed that the need for the validation of the Ministry of Environment was no longer necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the perspective of the municipalities involved in the regional development, regional land use plan is the guide and framework that has to be taken into account when the municipalities plan or change their local master plans or local detailed plans. Regional land use plans should also be noted by the authorities of whose decision making the plans affect. The regional land use plan is a map which contains the planning entries, instructions and descriptions. These affect the contents of the land use plan, give background to the decisions made and bring forth the meaningful data about the effectiveness factors. Phased regional land use land works as supplement and provide information to the previously mentioned regional land use plan.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Regional Development</b></li></ul> <p>Regional development unit is responsible for the regional development plan. This task is given by the law to the regional councils. Regional development also has the task of leading, planning and implementing both the national and EU level regional- and cohesion policymaking in the region of Kainuu. This is done in cooperation with neighboring regions. Regional development views that developing and maintaining the regions vigor is important. This relates to the work that is done on both the local, national and international level in cooperation with other actors. Cooperation and Supervision of Interests<sup id="cite_ref-Ref10_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref10-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to 5§ of the establishing treaty of the regional council of Kainuu the mission for the council is to observe and take into account in their own work the aspects of interest driving between other actors and cooperation. In this the establishing treaty emphasizes the importance of managing the partnerships both inside the region and outside of it. The later refers to national, EU and other international level of activities. The themes for interest driving are changed depending how the situation and times dictate it and these themes and their changes can be found from the project catalog document that is kept by the regional council.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref10_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref10-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cooperation and communication have an important role from the perspective of the interest driving. The establishing treaty notes that these two should have the role of upholding the positive image of the region of Kainuu both inside and outside of the region. An interest driving team is formed for the purpose of this role that also has members from other important actors from other organizations in addition to the regional council of Kainuu.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref10_57-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref10-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Projects</b></li></ul> <p>According to the charter of the Regional council, one of the essential tasks of the organization is improving the wellbeing of the region's population. Among other interest driving goals, improving the living- and the business environment in the region is one of the goals of the regional development. Projects, plans and other development related-work are ways to work towards these goals with the relevant actors inside and outside of the region. The project programs and their goals are controlled to some extent by the goals set in the regional strategic programme.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref11_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref11-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the project work the regional council has to do tasks that relate to requisitioning, co-financing and being as a partner in the projects. The project preparations are divided in the responsibilities inside the regional council teams (land use & planning, regional development etc.) depending on their field of expertise that are for example in charge of the international funding of the project. In the years of the 2014 – 2020 EU funding is offered towards the region of Kainuu in the programs of Baltic Sea Region Programme, Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme, Interreg Europe, ENI Kolarctic and the Karelia CBC.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref11_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref11-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Other activities of the Regional Council</b> </p> <ul><li><b>Europe Direct Kainuu</b></li></ul> <p>The European Commission maintains an information network called the Europe Direct and one of its offices can be found from the office of regional council of Kainuu. The Europe Direct offers general information about the Europe, EU, functions and actions of the union and the funding possibilities that it offers together with the themes that the funds are emphasizing. For the information distribution the office uses social media, news letters and brochures.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Key_strategies_and_documents_driving_the_Regional_Councils_actions">Key strategies and documents driving the Regional Councils actions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Key strategies and documents driving the Regional Councils actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>The Regional Plan of Kainuu 2035</b></li></ul> <p>The Kainuu Regional Plan of 2035 represents the political intentions of the region. This document has the strategies that hold inside of them the vision for the region and the politically desired outcomes for the future. The regional plan is approved by the Regional Assembly of Kainuu.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref13_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref13-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>The Regional land use plan</b></li></ul> <p>From the perspective of the regional planning and land use the regional land use plan is the most important document that drives their actions. The timeframe for this plan varies between 10 – 30 years and the examination for the current regional land use plan started in the year of 2014...<sup id="cite_ref-Ref10_57-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref10-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Regional Programme 2014 - 2017</b></li></ul> <p>Regional programmes intent is to bring up ways and means through which the long timespan strategic goals of the Regional Plan 2035 can be accomplished. Strategic choices and emphasizing certain themes are ways through which the regional council aims to achieve these goals. This includes cooperation in the teams of regional development and the interest driving team and also utilizing other development actions taken by the organization.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref13_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref13-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Four emphasized themes are set for the programme of 2014 – 2017. These have themes that aim towards the development of different sectors in the society. The timeframe for each regional programme is four years.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref13_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref13-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Implementation plan</b></li></ul> <p>An implementation plan is compiled out for the region of Kainuu. The time frame for this plan is two years. The function for the implementation plan is to monitor, prioritize and harmonize the region councils work together with other authorities that relate to the goals set in the regional programme. The implementation plan is an instrument to guiding projects in a way that the themes and goals of the regional programmes and the condition for the fund funding are met and achieved in these projects.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regional_policymaking">Regional policymaking</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Regional policymaking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_Assembly_2013–2016"><span id="Regional_Assembly_2013.E2.80.932016"></span>Regional Assembly 2013–2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Regional Assembly 2013–2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#cccccc" align="center" rowspan="2"><b>Representatives in the Regional Assembly</b><sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#cccccc" align="center" colspan="10"><b>Regional Assembly of Kainuu</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc" align="center"> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Center_Party_(Finland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center Party (Finland)">Center Party</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Left_Alliance_(Finland)" title="Left Alliance (Finland)">Left Alliance</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Finland" title="Social Democratic Party of Finland">SDP</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_Party_(Finland)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Coalition Party (Finland)">National Coalition</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Green_League" title="Green League">Green League</a></small> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Finns_Party" title="Finns Party">Finns Party</a></small> </td> <td><small>Other</small> </td> <td><small>Total</small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef" align="center"> <td style="background:#fffacd;"><b>Number of Assembly Representatives</b> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>35 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Regional Assembly of 2013-2016</b><sup id="cite_ref-Ref3_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref3-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Pentti Kettunen, Chairman</li> <li>Eero Suutari, 1st Vice Chairman</li> <li>Kati Nykänen, 2nd Vice Chairman</li></ul> <p>Municipalities and towns each get certain count of representatives in the assembly. This is based on their population size. These are divided into three different categories. These numbers also include the vice representavies from each member of the assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Kajaani: 15 representatives in total.</li> <li>Kuhmo, Sotkamo and Suomussalmi: 4 representatives each.</li> <li>Hyrynsalmi, Puolanka, Paltamo and Ristijärvi 2 representavies each.</li></ul> <p><b>The Regional Board of 2015-2016</b><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Timo Korhonen, Chairman</li> <li>Eija Hakkarainen, 1st Vice Chairman</li> <li>Marisanna Jarva 2nd Vice Chairman</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_Youth_Council_of_Kainuu">Regional Youth Council of Kainuu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Regional Youth Council of Kainuu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kainuu region also has its own Regional Youth Council, which is also the only regional level <a href="/wiki/Youth_council" title="Youth council">youth council</a> in <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>. The council was formed in 2008 and it is meant to be a nonpartisan influencing group for the regions youth. Two members are selected from each municipality and town and also from the local higher education institutions – KAO & AMK.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The members of the youth council are appointed by their local municipal councils or their institutions student council. The term if two years long and during that time the youth council will also get a total of seven sponsor representatives from the Regional Assembly and the Kainuus Social and Welfare Council. The Regional Councils office will help the Youth Council with such things as setting up meetings, compile agenda for the next meeting and giving counsel and guidance on how to make meeting records, how decision making works and so forth.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref9_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref9-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Youth councils work is not defined by law, but the Regional Assembly has decided that the Youth Council should have four main tasks among more minor ones. The main tasks are:<sup id="cite_ref-Ref9_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref9-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Youth Council will hold at least one annual Regional Youth Forum.</i></li> <li><i>Youth Council should meet both the local policymakers and parliament members.</i></li> <li><i>Youth Council will take part in the meetings of the Regional Assembly of Kainuu.</i></li> <li><i>Youth Council takes part in to the development and planning of the region’s future.</i></li></ul> <p>Extra duties are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-Ref9_68-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref9-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Youth council must keep an close eye on the regional developments and try to influence the decision making that affects the local youth.</i></li> <li><i>Youth Council should inspire the local youth to take part in what the societal and political activities have to offer at large.</i></li> <li><i>Youth Council should also participate in seminars, events and training and if the need arises – they should also help to organize these events.</i></li></ul> <p>Term for each regional youth council is two-year long. The youth council representatives will select one chairman amongst themselves who is accompanied by two vice chairmen for the two-year term. The council also selects a secretary who will cooperate together with a contact from the regional council of Kainuu who gives the necessary help, guidance and advice that the youth council secretary needs to handle their tasks.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref9_68-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref9-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kainuu_people" title="Kainuu people">Kainuu people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kainuu_Brigade" title="Kainuu Brigade">Kainuu Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kainuu_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Kainuu Road">Kainuu Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koillismaa" title="Koillismaa">Koillismaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%A4lk%C3%A4maan_laulu" title="Nälkämaan laulu">Nälkämaan laulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuolijoki" title="Vuolijoki">Vuolijoki</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainuu&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Ref2-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ref2_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vamuu/005_vamuu_tau_101.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=54be75b2-ab2c-4889-ae69-4e3fa09e6e06">Preliminary population in the Kainuu region</a> Preliminary population statistics. 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Referenced on the 01.07.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kajawood.com/">KAJAWOOD: KAINUU – SUOMEN HOLLYWOOD</a> (in Finnish)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11605864">YLE: Vuokattiin tulee Hollywood-tason LED-elokuvastudio – mahdollistaa The Mandalorianin kaltaiset virtuaalimaailmat</a> (in Finnish)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.runoviikko.fi/">Homepage of the event</a>. Kajaani Runo Viikko. 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Referenced on the 01.07.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://visitkajaani.fi/palvelu/eino-leino-talo/">"Eino Leino -talo Kajaanin Paltaniemellä"</a> (in Finnish). Visit Kajaani<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Referenced on the 01.07.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kainuunsanomat.fi/sotkamo-lehti/">Homepage of Sotkamo-lehti</a>. Sotkamo-lehti. Referenced on the 01.07.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kainuunsanomat.fi/yla-kainuu/">Homepage of Ylä-Kainuu</a>. Referenced on the 01.07.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.paltamonkirjapaino.fi/vayla">Homepage of Väylä</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160223125337/http://paltamonkirjapaino.fi/vayla">Archived</a> 2016-02-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Väylä. Referenced on the 01.07.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.radiokajaus.fi/ohjelma/">Program list</a>. Radio Kajaus. Referenced on the 01.07.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://yle.fi/uutiset/yle_kajaanin_toimitus/5767529">Info. Kainuun Radio</a>. Referenced on the 01.07.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ref3-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ref3_55-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref3_55-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref3_55-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kainuunliitto.fi/paatoksenteko/maakuntavaltuusto">Tasks of the Regional Assembly of Kainuu</a> Tasks of the Regional Assembly of Kainuu. Regional Council of Kainuu. Referenced on 04.01.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kainuunliitto.fi/yhteystiedot/henkilokunta">Regional Councils office staff</a> Contact Information. Regional Council of Kainuu. Referenced on 04.01.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ref10-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ref10_57-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref10_57-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref10_57-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref10_57-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref10_57-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kainuunliitto.fi/sites/kainuunliitto.fi/files/atoms/files/kainuun_liiton_esite_ok_0.pdf">Brochure of the Reginal Council in Finnish</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> Regional Council of Kainuu. Referenced on the 01.18.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ref12-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ref12_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160708184649/http://www.ym.fi/download/noname/%7B585914E1-278F-44F0-A208-4AE435CFF5A1%7D/58468">Brochure of the Reginal land use planning in Finland</a> Ministry of the Environment. Referenced on the 01.18.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.finlex.fi/fi/esitykset/he/2015/20150114">http://www.finlex.fi/fi/esitykset/he/2015/20150114</a> Government Bill 114/2015. Finlex. Referenced on the 01.18.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kainuunliitto.fi/en/regional-land-use-planning">Regional Land Use Planning</a> Regional Council of Kainuu. Referenced on the 18.01.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ref11-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ref11_61-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref11_61-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kainuunliitto.fi/en/project-funding">Project Funding</a> Regional Council of Kainuu. Referenced on the 01.18.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kainuunliitto.fi/europedirect">Europe Direct Kainuu in Finnish</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160214144744/http://kainuunliitto.fi/europedirect">Archived</a> 2016-02-14 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Europe Direct Kainuu. Referenced on the 18.01.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ref13-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ref13_63-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref13_63-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref13_63-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kainuunliitto.fi/en/kainuu-programme-0">The Plan of Kainuu 2035 & Regional Programme 2014 -2017</a> Regional Council of Kainuu. Referenced on the 01.18.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kainuunliitto.fi/tehtavat/aluekehitys/vireilla-olevat-asiat/maakuntaohjelman-toimeenpanosuunnitelma">Implementation Plan</a> Regional Council of Kainuu. Referenced on the 01.18.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kainuunliitto.fi/paatoksenteko/maakuntahallitus/maakuntahallituksen-jasenet">Members of the Regional Council</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160214171405/http://www.kainuunliitto.fi/paatoksenteko/maakuntahallitus/maakuntahallituksen-jasenet">Archived</a> 2016-02-14 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Contact Information. Regional Council of Kainuu. Referenced on 04.01.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kainuunliitto.fi/paatoksenteko/maakuntahallitus">Regional Board of Kainuu</a> Contact Information. Regional Council of Kainuu. Referenced on 04.01.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kainuunliitto.fi/mika-manu">Info about the Regional Youth Council</a>. The Regional Council of Kainuu. Referenced on the 01.14.2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ref9-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ref9_68-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref9_68-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref9_68-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref9_68-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kainuunliitto.fi/sites/default/files/manun_toimintakasikirja_hyvaksytty_5.10.2015.pdf">Handbook of the Regional Youth Council 2015</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160427083746/http://www.kainuunliitto.fi/sites/default/files/manun_toimintakasikirja_hyvaksytty_5.10.2015.pdf">Archived</a> 2016-04-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Regional Council of Kainuu. 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