Ristijärvi
Ristijärvi | |
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Municipality | |
| Ristijärven kunta Ristijärvi kommun | |
 Ristijärvi | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ristijärvi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 64°30.3′N 028°13′E / 64.5050°N 28.217°ECoordinates: 64°30.3′N 028°13′E / 64.5050°N 28.217°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Kainuu |
| Sub-region | Kajaani sub-region |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Juhani Kauppi |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 897.93 km2 (346.69 sq mi) |
| • Land | 835.61 km2 (322.63 sq mi) |
| • Water | 62.31 km2 (24.06 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 94th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,240 |
| • Rank | 288th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.48/km2 (3.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.3% (official) |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 10.2% |
| • 15 to 64 | 51.3% |
| • 65 or older | 38.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.5% |
| Website | www.ristijarvi.fi |
Ristijärvi is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 1,240 (31 March 2021),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Kainuu in terms of population. It covers an area of 897.93 square kilometres (346.69 sq mi) of which 62.31 km2 (24.06 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.8/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People born in Ristijärvi[]
- Salomo Pulkkinen, Member of Parliament
- Kari Härkönen, cross country skier
- Hannu Takkula, Member of the European Parliament
- Kaisa Mäkäräinen, biathlete
References[]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
Media related to Ristijärvi at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Ristijärvi – Official website, finnish, english and german
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