Lestijärvi | |
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Municipality | |
| Lestijärven kunta Lestijärvi kommun | |
) Coat of arms | |
) Location of Lestijärvi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°31.5′N 024°40′E / 63.5250°N 24.667°E | |
| 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 (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 722 |
| • Rank | 301st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.5/km2 (4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 1.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15% |
| • 15 to 64 | 62% |
| • 65 or older | 23% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (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 722 (31 December 2020),[6] which make it the smallest municipality in Central Ostrobothnia in terms of population. It 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 1.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.9/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Halsua, Kinnula, Kokkola, Perho, Reisjärvi, Sievi and Toholampi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
This small, isolated rural area suffers from depopulation as in many other similar parts of Finland. The local community provide a subsidy of €1,000 p.a. to families who have a child and stay in the community. Other areas of Finland have similar schemes, such as providing very cheap land. After several years, the subsidy seems to be increasing the number of children in the community.[7]
People born in Lestijärvi
- Arthur Aspelin (1868 – 1949)
- Heimo Rekonen (1920 – 1997)
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Joulukuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Finnish village paying its citizens to have babies". BBC Reel. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
External links
Media related to Lestijärvi at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Lestijärvi – Official website (in Finnish)
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