Halsua

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Halsua
Halso
Municipality
Halsuan kunta
Halso kommun
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Halsua municipal office
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Halsua sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Halsua in Finland
Coordinates: 63°27.8′N024°10′E / 63.4633°N 24.167°E / 63.4633; 24.167
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region Central Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Kaustinen sub-region
Charter 1868
Government
  Municipal managerKalevi Lindfors
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
  Total
428.34 km2 (165.38 sq mi)
  Land413.01 km2 (159.46 sq mi)
  Water15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi)
  Rank 201st largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-03-31) [2]
  Total
994
  Rank 293rd largest in Finland
  Density2.41/km2 (6.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
   Finnish 95.4% (official)
  Others4.6%
Population by age
[4]
  0 to 1413.3%
  15 to 6452%
  65 or older34.6%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website www.halsua.fi

Halsua (Swedish : Halso) is a municipality of Finland.

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Halsua is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 994 in 2025 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 2.41 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.2/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kaustinen, Kokkola, Lestijärvi, Perho and Veteli.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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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. "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,640,437 at the end of March 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-25. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 2025-04-25.
  3. "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  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.

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