Halsua
Halsua | ||
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Municipality | ||
Halsuan kunta | ||
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Location of Halsua in Finland | ||
Coordinates: 63°27.8′N 024°10′E / 63.4633°N 24.167°ECoordinates: 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 (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
• Total | 428.33 km2 (165.38 sq mi) | |
• Land | 412.70 km2 (159.34 sq mi) | |
• Water | 15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 244th largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 1,211 | |
• Rank | 317th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 2.93/km2 (7.6/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 99.1% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.6% | |
• Others | 0.3% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 15.6% | |
• 15 to 64 | 60.4% | |
• 65 or older | 24% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% | |
Website | www.halsua.fi |
Halsua 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 1,211 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 428.33 square kilometres (165.38 sq mi) of which 15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.6/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 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%
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 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "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.
External links
Media related to Halsua at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Halsua – Official website (Finnish)
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