Lestijärvi

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Municipality in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland
Coat of arms of Lestijärvi
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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; 24.667Country FinlandRegionCentral OstrobothniaSub-regionKaustinen sub-regionGovernment
 • Municipal managerEsko AhonenArea
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total559.06 km2 (215.85 sq mi) • Land480.06 km2 (185.35 sq mi) • Water78.37 km2 (30.26 sq mi) • Rank180th largest in FinlandPopulation
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total682 • Rank301st largest in Finland • Density1.42/km2 (3.7/sq mi)Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.4% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others1.5%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)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 682 (31 December 2023),[6] which makes it the smallest municipality of Mainland Finland 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 1.42 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.7/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. ^ "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.
  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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  • Media related to Lestijärvi at Wikimedia Commons
  • Municipality of Lestijärvi – Official website (in Finnish)
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