Halsua

Halsua
Halso
Municipality
Halsuan kunta
Halso kommun
Halsua municipal office
Halsua municipal office
Coat of arms of Halsua
Location of Halsua in Finland
Location of Halsua in Finland
Coordinates: 63°27.8′N 024°10′E / 63.4633°N 24.167°E / 63.4633; 24.167
Country Finland
RegionCentral Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionKaustinen sub-region
Charter1868
Government
 • Municipal managerKalevi Lindfors
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total428.34 km2 (165.38 sq mi)
 • Land413.01 km2 (159.46 sq mi)
 • Water15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi)
 • Rank201st largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-08-31)[2]
 • Total1,001
 • Rank294th largest in Finland
 • Density2.42/km2 (6.3/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish94.5% (official)
 • Swedish0.5%
 • Others5%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1413.3%
 • 15 to 6452%
 • 65 or older34.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.halsua.fi

Halsua (Swedish: Halso) is a municipality of Finland.

Halsua is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of about 1200 in 2019's and covers an area of 428.34 square kilometres (165.38 sq mi) of which 15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.42 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.3/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kaustinen, Kokkola, Lestijärvi, Perho and Veteli.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.