Sievi

Sievi
Municipality
Sievin kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Sievi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°54′N 024°31′E / 63.900°N 24.517°E / 63.900; 24.517Coordinates: 63°54′N 024°31′E / 63.900°N 24.517°E / 63.900; 24.517
Country Finland
Region Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Ylivieska sub-region
Charter 1867
Government
  Municipal manager Markku Koski 
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 800.88 km2 (309.22 sq mi)
  Land 787.33 km2 (303.99 sq mi)
  Water 13.55 km2 (5.23 sq mi)
Area rank 145th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
  Total 5,114
  Rank 184th largest in Finland
  Density 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 98.9% (official)
  Swedish 0.2%
  Others 0.9%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 27.7%
  15 to 64 58.1%
  65 or older 14.2%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 21%
Website www.sievi.fi

Sievi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 5,114 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 800.88 square kilometres (309.22 sq mi) of which 13.55 km2 (5.23 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (17/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. "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.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

Media related to Sievi at Wikimedia Commons

Sievi Church
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/21/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.