Ristijärvi

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Municipality in Kainuu, Finland
Coat of arms of Ristijärvi
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Location of Ristijärvi in Finland
Location of Ristijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 64°30.3′N 028°13′E / 64.5050°N 28.217°E / 64.5050; 28.217Country FinlandRegionKainuuSub-regionKajaaniCharter1867Government
 • Municipal managerPetteri SeppänenArea
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total897.93 km2 (346.69 sq mi) • Land835.83 km2 (322.72 sq mi) • Water62.31 km2 (24.06 sq mi) • Rank94th largest in FinlandPopulation
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,164 • Rank289th largest in Finland • Density1.39/km2 (3.6/sq mi)Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98% (official) • Others2%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)Websitewww.ristijarvi.fi

Ristijärvi is a municipality of Finland.

It is part of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 1,164 (31 December 2023),[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 1.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People born in Ristijärvi

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  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. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

External links

  • Media related to Ristijärvi at Wikimedia Commons
  • Municipality of Ristijärvi – Official website, (in Finnish), (in English), (in German)
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