Halsua
Halsua
Halso | |
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Municipality | |
| Halsuan kunta Halso kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Halsua in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°27.8′N 024°10′E / 63.4633°N 24.167°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Kaustinen sub-region |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Kalevi Lindfors |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 428.34 km2 (165.38 sq mi) |
| • Land | 413.01 km2 (159.46 sq mi) |
| • Water | 15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 201st largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,001 |
| • Rank | 294th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 2.42/km2 (6.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.5% |
| • Others | 5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52% |
| • 65 or older | 34.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.halsua.fi |
Halsua (Template:Lang-sv) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of about 1200 in 2019's and covers an area of 428.34 square kilometres (165.38 sq mi) of which 15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.42 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.3/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Kaustinen, Kokkola, Lestijärvi, Perho and Veteli.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Halsua:
- Centre Party 53.7%
- True Finns 28.6%
- Christian Democrats 8.5%
- Social Democratic Party 4.5%
- National Coalition Party 2.2%
- Left Alliance 0.8%
- Green League 0.5%
- Swedish People's Party 0.4%
See also
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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 Halsua at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Halsua – Official website (in Finnish)
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