Merijärvi
Municipality in North Ostrobothnia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Merijärvi is a municipality of Finland.
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Merijärvi | |
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Municipality | |
Merijärven kunta Merijärvi kommun | |
Coordinates: 64°17.8′N 024°26.8′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | North Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Ylivieska |
Charter | 1866 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Kari Jokela |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 231.63 km2 (89.43 sq mi) |
• Land | 229.97 km2 (88.79 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.8 km2 (0.7 sq mi) |
• Rank | 253rd largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,055 |
• Rank | 291st largest in Finland |
• Density | 4.59/km2 (11.9/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 99.4% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.3% |
• Others | 0.3% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 24.4% |
• 15 to 64 | 51% |
• 65 or older | 24.6% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.merijarvi.fi |
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It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 1,055 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 231.63 square kilometres (89.43 sq mi) of which 1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.59 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.9/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.