Evijärvi
It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,477 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 390.71 square kilometres (150.85 sq mi) of which 36.7 km2 (14.2 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 7 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi).
Evijärvi | |
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Municipality | |
| Evijärven kunta Evijärvi kommun | |
 Evijärvi Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Evijärvi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°22′N 023°28.5′E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Southern Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Järviseutu sub-region |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Teemu Kejonen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 390.71 km2 (150.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 354.01 km2 (136.68 sq mi) |
| • Water | 36.7 km2 (14.2 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 216th largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,477 |
| • Rank | 244th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.7% (official) |
| • Swedish | 1.9% |
| • Others | 1.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 16.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.8% |
| • 65 or older | 21.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21% |
| Website | www.evijarvi.fi |
Evijärvi is a municipality of Finland.
Neighbouring municipalitis are Kauhava, Kruunupyy, Lappajärvi, Pedersöre and Veteli.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People born in Evijärvi
- Jalmari Linna (1891 – 1954)
- Aleksi Kiviaho (1913 – 1986)
- Ilmari Linna (1917 – 1981)
- Tea Ista (1932 – 2014)
- Esko Ahonen (1955 – )
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References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
- Municipality of Evijärvi – Official website (in Finnish)
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