Soini, Finland

Soini is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 0 and covers an area of undefined km2 of which undefined km2 is water. The population density is undefined PD/km2.

Neighbouring municipalities are Alajärvi, Karstula, Kyyjärvi, Saarijärvi and Ähtäri.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History
The name is derived from the male name Soini, a Finnish variant of the Scandinavian name Sven. The village was first mentioned in 1754 as a part of the Alajärvi parish. Soini gained a chapel in 1784 and a church in 1859. It was fully separated from Alajärvi in 1895. Soini originally had a Swedish name, Konungsåby, which referred to the river Kuninkaanjoki.

People born in Soini

 * Aukusti Mäenpää (1891 – 1933)
 * Eino Uusitalo (1924 – 2015)
 * Pekka Pesola (1925 – 2009)
 * Jorma Huuhtanen (1945 – )
 * Aulis Akonniemi (1958 – )
 * Merja Korpela (1981 – )
 * Noora Hautakangas (1984 – )