Kivijärvi
| Kivijärvi | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Kivijärven kunta | ||
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Salamajärvi National Park | ||
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 Location of Kivijärvi in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 63°07.2′N 025°04.5′E / 63.1200°N 25.0750°ECoordinates: 63°07.2′N 025°04.5′E / 63.1200°N 25.0750°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region | |
| Charter | 1868 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Pekka Helppikangas | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 599.86 km2 (231.61 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 484.05 km2 (186.89 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 115.81 km2 (44.71 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 196th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 1,225 | |
| • Rank | 315th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 2.53/km2 (6.6/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.3% (official) | |
| • Others | 0.7% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 18% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.7% | |
| • 65 or older | 27.3% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Website | www.kivijarvi.fi | |
Kivijärvi church.
Kivijärvi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,225 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 599.86 square kilometres (231.61 sq mi) of which 115.81 km2 (44.71 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 89 lakes in Kivijärvi. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Heitjärvi and Heikinjärvi.[6] The population density is 2.53 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.6/sq mi). Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kivijärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People born in Kivijärvi
- Jalmari Haapanen (1882 – 1961)
- Vihtori Vesterinen (1885 – 1958)
- Jussi Raatikainen (1898 – 1978)
- Anna-Liisa Kasurinen (1940 – )
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Kivijärvi". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
External links
Media related to Kivijärvi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kivijärvi – Official website (Finnish)
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