Lestijärvi

Lestijärvi
Municipality
Lestijärven kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Lestijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°31.5′N 024°40′E / 63.5250°N 24.667°E / 63.5250; 24.667Coordinates: 63°31.5′N 024°40′E / 63.5250°N 24.667°E / 63.5250; 24.667
Country  Finland
Region Central Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Kaustinen sub-region
Government
 • Municipal manager Esko Ahonen
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 559.06 km2 (215.85 sq mi)
 • Land 480.69 km2 (185.60 sq mi)
 • Water 78.37 km2 (30.26 sq mi)
Area rank 180th largest in Finland
Population (2017-08-31)[2]
 • Total 789
 • Rank 304th largest in Finland
 • Density 1.64/km2 (4.2/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.3% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 1.6%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 15%
 • 15 to 64 62%
 • 65 or older 23%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20%
Website www.lestijarvi.fi

Lestijärvi is a municipality of Finland. There is also the Lake Lestijärvi in the area.

Lestijärvi is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 789 (31 August 2017)[2] and covers an area of 559.06 square kilometres (215.85 sq mi) of which 78.37 km2 (30.26 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.2/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People born in Lestijärvi

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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