Haapavesi

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Haapavesi
Town
Haapaveden kaupunki
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Haapavesi.vaakuna.svg
Coat of arms
Haapavesi sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Haapavesi in Finland
Coordinates: 64°08.5′N025°22′E / 64.1417°N 25.367°E / 64.1417; 25.367
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region North Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Siikalatva
Charter 1863
Town privileges 1996
Government
 •  Town manager Kimmo Hinno
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
 • Total1,086.11 km2 (419.35 sq mi)
 • Land1,050.47 km2 (405.59 sq mi)
 • Water36.41 km2 (14.06 sq mi)
 • Rank 75th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31) [2]
 • Total6,475
 • Rank 141st largest in Finland
 • Density6.16/km2 (16.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 •  Finnish 97.1% (official)
 •  Swedish 0.1%
 • Others2.8%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1420.1%
 • 15 to 6455.7%
 • 65 or older24.3%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website www.haapavesi.fi/en

Haapavesi is a town and a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. The name means "Aspen Water". The town has a population of 6,475 (31 December 2023) [2] and covers an area of 1,086.11 square kilometres (419.35 sq mi) of which 36.41 km2 (14.06 sq mi) is water. [1] The population density is 6.16 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.0/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Kärsämäki, Nivala, Oulainen, Raahe, Siikalatva and Ylivieska.

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The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Old church of Haapavesi Haapavesi Old Church.jpg
Old church of Haapavesi

The town is the Finnish national kantele village. It is also known for the Haapavesi Folk Music Festival [5] which gathers folk musicians together.

At Haapavesi, there is a 327 metres (1,073 ft) tall guyed TV mast, which belongs to Finland's tallest man-made structures.

Haapavesi Folk High School

The Haapavesi Folk High School (Finnish : Haapaveden opisto) is an ideologically independent boarding school. Haapavesi Folk High School is one of the eleven folk high schools cooperating in the HUMAK University of Applied Sciences. HUMAK offers education and training in the fields of Civic and youth work, Cultural management and production as well as Sign language interpreter. In Haapavesi Unit of HUMAK the focus is on civic and youth work.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland . Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  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. ↑ Haapavesi Folk Music Festival


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