Lestijärvi

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Lestijärvi
Municipality
Lestijärven kunta
Lestijärvi kommun
Lestijärvi municipal office
Lestijärvi municipal office
Coat of arms of Lestijärvi
Coat of arms
Location of Lestijärvi in Finland
Location of Lestijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°31.5′N 024°40′E / 63.5250°N 24.667°E / 63.5250; 24.667Coordinates: 63°31.5′N 024°40′E / 63.5250°N 24.667°E / 63.5250; 24.667
Country Finland
RegionCentral Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionKaustinen sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerEsko Ahonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total559.06 km2 (215.85 sq mi)
 • Land480.69 km2 (185.60 sq mi)
 • Water78.37 km2 (30.26 sq mi)
 • Rank180th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total719
 • Rank300th largest in Finland
 • Density1.5/km2 (4/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.3% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others1.6%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1415.1%
 • 15 to 6453.6%
 • 65 or older31.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21%
Websitewww.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 719 (31 December 2021),[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.

Demographics

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  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 (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. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "The Finnish village paying its citizens to have babies". BBC Reel. Retrieved 2019-10-24.

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