Kronoby
Located in Jakobstadsregionen, Ostrobothnia Coordinates: 63°40′00″ N 23°10′00″ E
- Population
- 6,439
- 6.4K
- Elevation
- 30 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+02:00
- Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
- Places inside
- 2
- listed under Kronoby
- Airports
- KOK Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport6 km
- VAA Vaasa Airport98 km
About Kronoby
Kronoby is a municipality. Location: Jakobstadsregionen, Ostrobothnia. Population: 6,439. Elevation: 30 m.
Kronoby (Finnish: Kruunupyy, Finnish: [ˈkruːnuˌpyː]) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Kronoby is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Kronoby is approximately 6,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 51,000. It is the 147th most populous municipality in Finland. Kronoby covers an area of 752.65 square kilometres (290.60 sq mi) of which 40.3 km2 (15.6 sq mi) is water.
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Travel notes for Kronoby
From Wikivoyage
Kronoby (Fi. Kruunupyy) is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia. Nedervetil and Terjärv are part of the municipality since 1969.
Get in+
By plane:
Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport is in Kronoby. There are daily flights from Helsinki with Finnair and more rarely from Stockholm and Copenhagen with Nextjet.
By bus:
Buses connect from Vaasa, Jakobstad and Kokkola.
By car:
Highway 8 passes next to the town.
By train:
The western main north–south railway goes through the parish village, and there's a station building, but trains don't stop there. Get off in Bennäs (not all trains) or Kokkola instead.
By boat:
The shore is accessible from the sea, through locks in Larsmo.
Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged
Places bordering Kronoby
- Pedersöre
- Evijärvi
- Kokkola
- Kaustinen
- Larsmo
- Veteli
Population of Kronoby over time
| 2008 | 6,716 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6,720 | |
| 2010 | 6,731 | |
| 2011 | 6,681 | |
| 2012 | 6,666 | |
| 2013 | 6,682 | |
| 2014 | 6,696 | |
| 2015 | 6,682 | |
| 2016 | 6,620 | |
| 2017 | 6,531 | |
| 2022 | 6,405 | |
| 2023 | 6,368 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Kronoby
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 1° · Night -4° · Rain 50 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 19°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -13°)
- Wettest month
- July (70 mm)
- Driest month
- February (24 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -6° | -6° | -1° | 5° | 12° | 17° | 19° | 18° | 12° | 6° | 1° | -3° |
| Average low (°C) | -11° | -13° | -9° | -3° | 3° | 8° | 12° | 10° | 6° | 2° | -4° | -8° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 37 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 33 | 47 | 70 | 61 | 57 | 53 | 50 | 42 |
How to get to Kronoby
The nearest airport is Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (KOK), 6 km to the north as the crow flies. For international flights: Vaasa Airport (VAA) (98 km). The nearest large city is Umeå, 145 km to the west.
Airports
- Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (KOK) Kokkola / Kruunupyy 6 kmnorth
- Vaasa Airport (VAA) Vaasa 98 kmsouthwest
- Umeå Airport (UME) Umeå 143 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Umeå Population: 130.2K 145 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Kronoby
Within 100 km: 1 natural site, 19 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km1 place
- Perhonjoki River 24 kmN
25–60 km8 places
- Örarna Island 32 kmW
- Halsuanjoki River 42 kmSE
- Stora Sandören Island 41 kmSW
- Lake Evijärvi Lake 32 kmSE
60–100 km11 places
- Replot Island 100 kmSW
- Hirvijärvi Lake 95 kmS
- Kalajoki River 78 kmNE
- Björkö Island 97 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Places in Kronoby
2 placesBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Cities & villages1
- Terjärv · Village
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources