Jämijärvi
Municipality in Satakunta, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jämijärvi is a municipality of Finland.
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Jämijärvi | |
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Municipality | |
Jämijärven kunta Jämijärvi kommun | |
Jämijärvi Church | |
![]() Location of Jämijärvi in Finland | |
Coordinates: 61°49′N 022°41.5′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Satakunta |
Sub-region | Northern Satakunta sub-region |
Charter | 1865 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Aku Autio |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 224.34 km2 (86.62 sq mi) |
• Land | 215.09 km2 (83.05 sq mi) |
• Water | 9.99 km2 (3.86 sq mi) |
• Rank | 257th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,682 |
• Rank | 274th largest in Finland |
• Density | 7.82/km2 (20.3/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 96.7% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.2% |
• Others | 3.2% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 14.6% |
• 15 to 64 | 53.8% |
• 65 or older | 31.6% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfc |
Website | www.jamijarvi.fi |
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It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 1,682 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 224.34 square kilometres (86.62 sq mi) of which 9.99 km2 (3.86 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 7.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.3/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Jämijärvi Airfield is one of the busiest general aviation airfields in Finland. A serious aviation accident happened in Jämijärvi in April 2014.[citation needed]