Haapajärvi

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Haapajärven kaupunki
coat of arms map
Haapajärvi coat of arms Location of Haapajärvi in ​​Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Northern Ostrobothnia
Administrative community : Nivala-Haapajärvi
Geographical location 63 ° 45 ′  N , 25 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 63 ° 45 ′  N , 25 ° 20 ′  E
Surface: 789.17 km²
of which land area: 765.49 km²
of which inland waterways: 23.68 km²
Residents : 7,147 (Dec 31, 2018)
Population density : 9.3 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 069
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : haapajarvi.fi

Haapajärvi [ ˈhɑːpɑjærvi ] is a town in Finland with 7147 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is located on the upper reaches of the Kalajoki River in the south of the Northern Ostrobothnian landscape .

In addition to the main town of Haapajärvi (around 3,700 inhabitants), it includes the villages of Ahola, Autioranta, Haaganperä, Jokela, Jämsänpuhto, Kalakangas, Kirkonkylä, Kiurunperä, Kontiopuhto, Kuona, Kuusaa, Kuusaa, Mustanperä, Mäntyperä, Parkava, Olkous , Tuomiperä, Varisperä, Vehkapuhto and Ylipää. In 1977 the municipality was granted city rights.

Haapajärvi is home to a campus for the economics faculty of the Middle Ostrobothnian Vocational College. Haapajärvi's sights include the wooden church , built in 1802, and a wooden house where the first Finnish President Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg spent his childhood.

Haapajärvi is the terminus of a railway line to Jyväskylä ; there are also connections to Iisalmi and Ylivieska .

coat of arms

Description of the coat of arms : In a blue shield a silver winged arrow with a golden tip and fletching, placed diagonally upwards to the right .

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018

Web links

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