Halsua
Halsua (Swedish: Halso) is a municipality of Finland.
Halsua Halso | |
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Municipality | |
Halsuan kunta Halso kommun | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Halsua in Finland | |
Coordinates: 63°27.8′N 024°10′E | |
Country | |
Region | Central Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Kaustinen sub-region |
Charter | 1868 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Kalevi Lindfors |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 428.34 km2 (165.38 sq mi) |
• Land | 412.70 km2 (159.34 sq mi) |
• Water | 15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi) |
Area rank | 201st largest in Finland |
Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,158 |
• Rank | 295th largest in Finland |
• Density | 2.81/km2 (7.3/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 99.1% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.6% |
• Others | 0.3% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 15.6% |
• 15 to 64 | 60.4% |
• 65 or older | 24% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% |
Website | www.halsua.fi |
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of about 1200 in 2019's and covers an area of 428.34 square kilometres (165.38 sq mi) of which 15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.81 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.3/sq mi).
Neighbourin municipalities are Kaustinen, Kokkola, Lestijärvi, Perho and Veteli.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Halsua:
- Centre Party 53.7%
- True Finns 28.6%
- Christian Democrats 8.5%
- Social Democratic Party 4.5%
- National Coalition Party 2.2%
- Left Alliance 0.8%
- Green League 0.5%
- Swedish People's Party 0.4%
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See also
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 Halsua – Official website (in Finnish)
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