Ristijärvi

Ristijärvi is a municipality of Finland.

Ristijärvi
Municipality
Ristijärven kunta
Ristijärvi kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Ristijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 64°30.3′N 028°13′E
Country Finland
RegionKainuu
Sub-regionKajaani
Charter1867
Government
 • Municipal managerPetteri Seppänen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total897.93 km2 (346.69 sq mi)
 • Land835.61 km2 (322.63 sq mi)
 • Water62.31 km2 (24.06 sq mi)
 • Rank94th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,210
 • Rank288th largest in Finland
 • Density1.45/km2 (3.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.3% (official)
 • Others0.7%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1410.2%
 • 15 to 6451.3%
 • 65 or older38.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21.5%
Websitewww.ristijarvi.fi

It is part of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 1,210 (31 December 2021),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Kainuu in terms of population. It covers an area of 897.93 square kilometres (346.69 sq mi) of which 62.31 km2 (24.06 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.45 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.8/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People born in Ristijärvi

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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