Siikalatva

Siikalatvan kunta

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Basic data
State :	Finland
Landscape :	Northern Ostrobothnia
Administrative community :	Haapavesi-Siikalatva
Geographical location	64 ° 16 ′  N , 25 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 64 ° 16 ′  N , 25 ° 52 ′  E
Surface:	2,229.35 km²
of which land area:	2,170.73 km²
of which inland waterways:	58.62 km²
Residents :	5,301 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	2.4 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number :	791
Language (s) :	Finnish
Website :	siikalatva.fi

Siikalatva [ siːkɑˌlɑtʋɑ ] is a Finnish municipality with 5301 inhabitants (December 31, 2018) in the countryside Northern Ostrobothnia . It was created on January 1, 2009 from the merger of the municipalities of Kestilä , Piippola , Pulkkila and Rantsila . The administrative seat of the municipality is the church village Pulkkila.

politics

As in most rural areas of Finland, the Center Party is the strongest party in Siikalatva . In the local elections in 2012, she received over two thirds of the votes and thus has an absolute majority in the municipal council, the highest decision-making body on local matters, with 19 out of 27 mandates. The True Finns are represented by five MPs, the Left Alliance with two and the Social Democrats with one.

Web links

Commons : Siikalatva  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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