Karijoki

Karijoki
Bötom
Municipality
Karijoen kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Karijoki in Finland
Coordinates: 62°18.5′N 021°42.5′E / 62.3083°N 21.7083°E / 62.3083; 21.7083Coordinates: 62°18.5′N 021°42.5′E / 62.3083°N 21.7083°E / 62.3083; 21.7083
Country  Finland
Region Southern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Suupohja sub-region
Government
 • Municipal manager Viljo Kurvinen
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 186.54 km2 (72.02 sq mi)
 • Land 185.77 km2 (71.73 sq mi)
 • Water 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi)
Area rank 267th largest in Finland
Population (2017-08-31)[2]
 • Total 1,335
 • Rank 291st largest in Finland
 • Density 7.19/km2 (18.6/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 97.8% (official)
 • Swedish 2.2%
 • Others 0.1%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 13.8%
 • 15 to 64 59.7%
 • 65 or older 26.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20%
Website www.karijoki.fi

Karijoki (Swedish: Bötom) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Karijoki is 1,335 (August 31, 2017)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 185.77 km2 (71.73 sq mi) of which 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2018).[1] The population density is 7.19/km2 (18.6/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

A neanderthal cave, the Wolf cave, was found in the Pyhävuori mountains in Karijoki in 1997.

Villages

Alakylä, Karijoen kirkonkylä, Myrkky and Ylikylä.

Notable individuals

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2017" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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Karijoki in 1990


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