Merijärvi

Merijärvi
Municipality
Merijärven kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Merijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 64°17.8′N 024°26.8′E / 64.2967°N 24.4467°E / 64.2967; 24.4467Coordinates: 64°17.8′N 024°26.8′E / 64.2967°N 24.4467°E / 64.2967; 24.4467
Country Finland
Region Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Ylivieska sub-region
Charter 1866
Government
  Municipal manager Kari Jokela
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 231.63 km2 (89.43 sq mi)
  Land 229.83 km2 (88.74 sq mi)
  Water 1.8 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Area rank 292nd largest in Finland
Population (2015-06-30)[2]
  Total 1,152
  Rank 319th largest in Finland
  Density 5.01/km2 (13.0/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 99.6% (official)
  Others 0.4%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 22.5%
  15 to 64 59.1%
  65 or older 18.4%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20%
Website www.merijarvi.fi

Merijärvi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 1,152 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 231.63 square kilometres (89.43 sq mi) of which 1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.01 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.0/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Famous people in Merijärvi

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

External links

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