Sievi
Sievi is a municipality of Finland.
Sievi | |
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Municipality | |
| Sievin kunta Sievi kommun | |
 Sievi railway station | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sievi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°54′N 024°31′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Ylivieska |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Markku Koski |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 800.55 km2 (309.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 787.33 km2 (303.99 sq mi) |
| • Water | 13.55 km2 (5.23 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 104th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,783 |
| • Rank | 175th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 6.07/km2 (15.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 0.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 25.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.8% |
| • 65 or older | 20.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.75% |
| Website | www.sievi.fi |
It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the North Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,783 (31 December 2021)[2] and covers an area of 800.55 square kilometres (309.09 sq mi) of which 13.55 km2 (5.23 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.07 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Sievi Church
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- "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.
- "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links
Media related to Sievi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Sievi – Official website
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