Evijärvi

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Municipality in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland

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Location of Evijärvi in Finland

Coordinates: 63°22′N 023°28.5′E / 63.367°N 23.4750°E / 63.367; 23.4750Country

FinlandRegionSouthern OstrobothniaSub-regionJärviseutu sub-regionCharter1867Government

• Municipal managerMikko HuhtalaArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total390.71 km² (150.85 sq mi) • Land354.15 km² (136.74 sq mi) • Water36.7 km² (14.2 sq mi) • Rank216th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,292 • Rank245th largest in Finland • Density6.47/km² (16.8/sq mi)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish93.7% (official) • Swedish2.1% • Others4.3%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1416.3% • 15 to 6454.2% • 65 or older29.6%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.evijarvi.fi

Evijärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,292 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 390.71 square kilometres (150.85 sq mi) of which 36.7 km² (14.2 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 6.47 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.8/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kauhava, Kronoby, Lappajärvi, Pedersöre and Veteli.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people born in Evijärvi

Jalmari Linna (1891 – 1954)
Aleksi Kiviaho (1913 – 1986)
Ilmari Linna (1917 – 1981)
Tea Ista (1932 – 2014)
Esko Ahonen (1955 – )

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.