Haapavesi
Haapavesi | |
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Town | |
Haapaveden kaupunki | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
![]() Location of Haapavesi in Finland | |
Coordinates: 64°08.5′N 025°22′E / 64.1417°N 25.367°ECoordinates: 64°08.5′N 025°22′E / 64.1417°N 25.367°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | North Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Siikalatva sub-region |
Charter | 1866 |
Town privileges | 1996 |
Government | |
• Town manager | Kimmo Hinno |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,086.11 km2 (419.35 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,049.74 km2 (405.31 sq mi) |
• Water | 36.41 km2 (14.06 sq mi) |
Area rank | 75th largest in Finland |
Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,685 |
• Rank | 139th largest in Finland |
• Density | 6.37/km2 (16.5/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 99.4% (official) |
• Others | 0.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 20.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 55.7% |
• 65 or older | 24.3% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 22% |
Website | www.haapavesi.fi |
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Haapavesi is a town and a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 6,685 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 1,086.11 square kilometres (419.35 sq mi) of which 36.41 km2 (14.06 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.5/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Kärsämäki, Nivala, Oulainen, Raahe, Siikalatva and Ylivieska.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The town is the Finnish national kantele village. It is also known for the Haapavesi Folk Music Festival[6] which gathers folkmusicians together.
At Haapavesi, there is a 327 metres (1,073 ft) tall guyed TV mast, which belongs to Finland's tallest man-made structures.
Haapavesi Folk High School[]
The Haapavesi Folk High School (Finnish: Haapaveden opisto) is an ideologically independent boarding school. Haapavesi Folk High School is one of the eleven folk high schools cooperating in the HUMAK University of Applied Sciences. HUMAK offers education and training in the fields of Civic and youth work, Cultural management and production as well as Sign language interpreter. In Haapavesi Unit of HUMAK the focus is on civic and youth work.
Notable individuals[]
- , cross-country skier
- Aapo Heikkilä, investor
- , architect
- Ahti Pekkala, politician
- , Nordea's chief economist
- , traditional kantele musician, father of mixed playing style
- , Mayor of Hyrynsalmi
- Arvo Ojalehto, weightlifter
- , Jäger lieutenant
- , poet
- , poet
- , artist
- , minister
- , ice hockey coach
- , skier
- , translator, schoolteacher and writer
- , writer
- , teacher and writer (lived in Haapavesi)
- , sprinter
- Martti Pokela, folk musician and composer
- , cross-country skier
- Matti Luttinen, politician
- , poet
- Nora Pöyhönen, horticulturist and school director
- Pasi Jääskeläinen, playwright, actor, singer and Kantele-player
- , artist
- Sami Niku, ice hockey player
- Sauli Rytky, cross-country skier
- , Mannerheim Cross knight
- Tapani Niku, cross-country skier
- , musician alias ""
- Teuvo Hatunen, skier
- , schoolteacher and writer
- Ville Mattila, cross-country skier and Olympic medalist
- , writer
- , politician and Member of Parliament
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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Haapavesi Folk Music Festival
External links[]
Media related to Haapavesi at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Haapavesi – Official website
- Haapavesi Folk Music Festival
- Haapavesi
- Cities and towns in Finland
- Populated places established in 1866
- 1866 establishments in the Russian Empire
- Oulu Province geography stubs