Evijärvi

Evijärvi
Municipality
Evijärven kunta
Evijärvi Church

Coat of arms

Location of Evijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 023°28.5′E / 63.367°N 23.4750°E / 63.367; 23.4750Coordinates: 63°22′N 023°28.5′E / 63.367°N 23.4750°E / 63.367; 23.4750
Country  Finland
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 (2017-08-31)[2]
 • Total 2,509
 • Rank 244th largest in Finland
 • Density 7.09/km2 (18.4/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 96.7% (official)
 • Swedish 1.9%
 • Others 1.4%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 16.3%
 • 15 to 64 61.8%
 • 65 or older 21.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 21%
Website www.evijarvi.fi

Evijärvi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,509 (31 August 2017)[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 7.09 inhabitants per square kilometre (18.4/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People born in Evijärvi

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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