Varpaisjärvi
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Varpaisjärvi | |
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Former municipality | |
Varpaisjärven kunta Varpaisjärvi kommun | |
Coordinates: 63°21.5′N 027°45.5′E / 63.3583°N 27.7583°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Northern Savonia |
Sub-region | Upper Savonia sub-region |
Charter | 1911 |
Consolidated | 2011 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Heikki Airaksinen |
Area | |
• Total | 533.20 km2 (205.87 sq mi) |
• Land | 483.02 km2 (186.50 sq mi) |
• Water | 50.18 km2 (19.37 sq mi) |
Elevation | 109 m (358 ft) |
Population (2010-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,899 |
• Density | 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.9% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.2% |
• Others | 0.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www.varpaisjarvi.fi |
Varpaisjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the municipality of Lapinlahti on January 1, 2011.[4]
The municipality was located in the Northern Savonia region in the province of Eastern Finland. It had a population of 2,899 (31 October 2010)[2] and covered a land area of 483.02 square kilometres (186.50 sq mi).[1] The population density was 6.00 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.5/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2010" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 October 2010". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
External links
[edit]Media related to Varpaisjärvi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Varpaisjärvi – Official website