Merijärvi

Municipality in North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Merijärvi in Finland

Coordinates: 64°17.8′N 024°26.8′E / 64.2967°N 24.4467°E / 64.2967; 24.4467Country

FinlandRegionNorth OstrobothniaSub-regionYlivieskaCharter1866Government

• Municipal managerKari JokelaArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total231.63 km² (89.43 sq mi) • Land229.97 km² (88.79 sq mi) • Water1.8 km² (0.7 sq mi) • Rank253rd largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total1,055 • Rank291st largest in Finland • Density4.59/km² (11.9/sq mi)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish99.4% (official) • Swedish0.3% • Others0.3%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1424.4% • 15 to 6451% • 65 or older24.6%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.merijarvi.fi

Merijärvi 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 1,055 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 231.63 square kilometres (89.43 sq mi) of which 1.8 km² (0.69 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.59 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.9/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people

Juhani Alaranta, an ex-member of parliament^{[citation needed]}
Erkki Haukipuro, a late member of parliament, minister and governor^{[citation needed]}
Alvar Saukko, an ex-member of parliament^{[citation needed]}
Tuomas Myllylä, a cartoon artist^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.