Kangasniemi

{{Other uses|Kangasniemi (surname)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Kangasniemi

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Kangasniemen kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Kangasniemi kommun}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Kangasniemi kunnantalo.jpg

| image_caption = Kangasniemi town hall

| image_shield = Kangasniemi.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Kangasniemi sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Kangasniemi in Finland

|coordinates = {{coord|61|59.4|N|026|38.5|E|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Southern Savonia

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Mikkeli

| leader_title = Municipal manager

| leader_name = Kimmo Kainulainen

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1867

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|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Kangasniemi}}

|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Kangasniemi}}

|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = [http://www.kangasniemi.fi/ www.kangasniemi.fi]

}}

Kangasniemi is a municipality in the Southern Savonia region, Finland. The municipality has a population of {{Formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kangasniemi}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Kangasniemi}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Kangasniemi}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Kangasniemi|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

Kangasniemi is located on the Finnish national road 13, {{convert|50|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Mikkeli and {{convert|63|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Jyväskylä. Distance to the national capital, Helsinki is {{convert|250|km|abbr=on}}. Its neighbour municipalities are Hankasalmi, Hirvensalmi, Joutsa, Mikkeli, Pieksämäki and Toivakka.

There are almost 3600 (May 2014) summer houses, and summer guests redouble the number of inhabitants during the summer months.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.