Kivijärvi

Kivijärvi is a municipality of Finland.

This article is about the municipality of Finland. For other uses, see Kivijärvi (disambiguation).
Kivijärvi
Municipality
Kivijärven kunta
Kivijärvi kommun
Kivijärvi municipal office
Coat of arms
Location of Kivijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°07.2′N 025°04.5′E
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionSaarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter1868
Government
 • Municipal managerPekka Helppikangas
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total599.88 km2 (231.61 sq mi)
 • Land484.05 km2 (186.89 sq mi)
 • Water115.81 km2 (44.71 sq mi)
 • Rank178th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,088
 • Rank292nd largest in Finland
 • Density2.25/km2 (5.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.3% (official)
 • Others0.7%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1413.2%
 • 15 to 6448%
 • 65 or older38.8%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21.75%
Websitewww.kivijarvi.fi

It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,088 (31 December 2021)[2] and covers an area of 599.88 square kilometres (231.61 sq mi) of which 115.81 km2 (44.71 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.25 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.8/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Karstula, Kinnula, Kyyjärvi, Perho and Viitasaari.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Nature

There are all together 89 lakes in Kivijärvi. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Heitjärvi and Heikinjärvi.[6] Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kivijärvi.

Salamajärvi National Park

Surnames

Most common surnames and their frequencies in Kivijärvi as of 2014:[7]

  1. Kinnunen (1:18)
  2. Kotilainen (1:24)
  3. Hakkarainen (1:26)
  4. Leppänen (1:26)
  5. Kainulainen (1:29)
  6. Piispanen (1:33)
  7. Paananen (1:38)
  8. Hytönen (1:42)
  9. Holm (1:44)
  10. Puranen (1:46)

Notable people

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.
  6. "Kivijärvi". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. Most Common Surnames in Kivijärvi

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