Halsua

Halsua
Municipality
Halsuan kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Halsua in Finland
Coordinates: 63°27.8′N 024°10′E / 63.4633°N 24.167°E / 63.4633; 24.167Coordinates: 63°27.8′N 024°10′E / 63.4633°N 24.167°E / 63.4633; 24.167
Country  Finland
Region Central Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Kaustinen sub-region
Charter 1868
Government
 • Municipal manager Kalevi Lindfors
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 428.34 km2 (165.38 sq mi)
 • Land 412.70 km2 (159.34 sq mi)
 • Water 15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi)
Area rank 201st largest in Finland
Population (2017-08-31)[2]
 • Total 1,180
 • Rank 295th largest in Finland
 • Density 2.86/km2 (7.4/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.1% (official)
 • Swedish 0.6%
 • Others 0.3%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 15.6%
 • 15 to 64 60.4%
 • 65 or older 24%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20.5%
Website www.halsua.fi

Halsua is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 1,180 (31 August 2017)[6] and covers an area of 428.34 square kilometres (165.38 sq mi) of which 15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.86 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.4/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Halsua:

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  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.
  6. ↑ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2009". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 13 January 2010.

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