Evijärvi
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 / 63.367°N 23.4750°ECoordinates: 63°22′N 023°28.5′E / 63.367°N 23.4750°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 (2021-03-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,391 |
• Rank | 244th largest in Finland |
• Density | 6.75/km2 (17.5/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 | 54.2% |
• 65 or older | 29.6% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.evijarvi.fi |
Evijärvi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,391 (31 March 2021)[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 6.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (17.5/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Kauhava, Kronoby, 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 – )
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Evijärvi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Evijärvi – Official website (in Finnish)
Categories:
- Evijärvi
- Populated places established in 1867
- Western Finland Province geography stubs