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Hausjärvi
Municipality in Tavastia Proper, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hausjärvi is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Oitti.
Hausjärvi | |
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Municipality | |
Hausjärven kunta Hausjärvi kommun | |
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![]() Location of Hausjärvi in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°47.2′N 025°01.5′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Tavastia Proper |
Sub-region | Riihimäki sub-region |
Charter | 1868 |
Seat | Oitti |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Pekka Määttänen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 398.77 km2 (153.97 sq mi) |
• Land | 389.42 km2 (150.36 sq mi) |
• Water | 8.98 km2 (3.47 sq mi) |
• Rank | 205th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 7,998 |
• Rank | 119th largest in Finland |
• Density | 20.54/km2 (53.2/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 96% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.4% |
• Others | 3.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 17.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 60.3% |
• 65 or older | 22.6% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www |
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 7,998 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 398.77 square kilometres (153.97 sq mi) of which 8.98 km2 (3.47 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 20.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (53.2/sq mi).
Geographically, and to some extent politically, Hausjärvi is characterized by its three population centres, Hikiä (population 1,055), Oitti (population 1,855) and Ryttylä (population 1,595). The administrative center of the municipality is Oitti, but politically there sometimes emerges debate on which centres should be developed and/or made targets of public investment.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.