Haapajärvi

Haapajärvi is a town and municipality of Finland.

Haapajärvi
Town
Haapajärven kaupunki
Haapajärvi stad
Haapajärvi railway station
Coat of arms
Location of Haapajärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°45′N 025°19′E
Country Finland
RegionNorth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionNivala–Haapajärvi
Charter1868
Town privileges1977
Government
 • Town managerJuha Uusivirta
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total789.11 km2 (304.68 sq mi)
 • Land765.64 km2 (295.62 sq mi)
 • Water23.44 km2 (9.05 sq mi)
 • Rank109th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total6,803
 • Rank136th largest in Finland
 • Density8.89/km2 (23.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.1% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others0.9%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1418.3%
 • 15 to 6456.3%
 • 65 or older25.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]22.5%
Websitewww.haapajarvi.fi

It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 6,803 (31 December 2021)[2] and covers an area of 789.11 square kilometres (304.68 sq mi) of which 23.44 km2 (9.05 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 8.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (23.0/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Haapavesi, Kärsämäki, Nivala, Pihtipudas, Pyhäjärvi, Reisjärvi and Sievi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people
  • A "municipal home" (kunnaliskoti) for those unable to provide themselves in Haapajärvi in pre-war Finland

See also

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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