Halsua

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Halsua
Halso
Municipality
Halsuan kunta
Halso kommun
Halsua municipal office 20190703.jpg
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]
  Total428.34 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
 (2023-12-31) [2]
  Total1,013
  Rank 293rd largest in Finland
  Density2.45/km2 (6.3/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
   Finnish 95.2% (official)
   Swedish 0.6%
  Others4.3%
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 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 2.45 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.3/sq mi).

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

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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