Kivijärvi

Kivijärvi
Municipality
Kivijärven kunta
Salamajärvi National Park
Coat of arms
Location of Kivijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°07.2′N 025°04.5′E / 63.1200°N 25.0750°ECoordinates: 63°07.2′N 025°04.5′E / 63.1200°N 25.0750°E
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter	1868
Government
• Municipal manager	Pekka Helppikangas
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
• Total	599.86 km^2 (231.61 sq mi)
• Land	484.05 km^2 (186.89 sq mi)
• Water	115.81 km^2 (44.71 sq mi)
Area rank	196th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
• Total	1,187
• Rank	315th largest in Finland
• Density	2.45/km^2 (6.3/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
• Finnish	99.3% (official)
• Others	0.7%
Population by age[4]
• 0 to 14	18%
• 15 to 64	54.7%
• 65 or older	27.3%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5]	19.5%
Website	www.kivijarvi.fi

Kivijärvi church.

Kivijärvi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,187 (31 March 2016)^[2] and covers an area of 599.86 square kilometres (231.61 sq mi) of which 115.81 km² (44.71 sq mi) is water.^[1] There are all together 89 lakes in Kivijärvi. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Heitjärvi and Heikinjärvi.^[6] The population density is 2.45 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.3/sq mi). Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kivijärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People born in Kivijärvi

• Jalmari Haapanen (1882 – 1961)
• Vihtori Vesterinen (1885 – 1958)
• Jussi Raatikainen (1898 – 1978)
• Anna-Liisa Kasurinen (1940 – )

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
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.
6. "Kivijärvi". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

External links

Media related to Kivijärvi at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Kivijärvi – Official website (Finnish)