Kankaanp is a town in western Finland. Kankaanp was founded in 1865, became a township in 1967 and finally a town in 1972. It is located in the crossroads of Hmeenkangas and Pohjankangas ridges. It belongs to the administrative province of Western Finland. Kankaanp has a population of about 13,000 inhabitants.
History
First signs of man in the area are from the stone age and during the 16th century people started to settle in Kankaanp area. Oldest houses that area found from the documents of Sweden-Finland are from the 1560 decade.
The oldest passage in the province was from Hmeenkyr through the ridges to Kauhajoki. In the 1600 century it was the most important road between southern Finland and Ostrobothnia. The king of Sweden-Finland visited Kankaanp twice. Gustav II Adolph travelled from Ilmajoki to Hmeenlinna through Kankaanp in 1614 and Adolf Fredrik had a rest in Kuninkaanlhde spring to water his horses and to eat in 1752. The spring was named after this event.
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