Polvijärvi

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Municipality in North Karelia, Finland

































































































Polvijärvi
Municipality
Polvijärven kunta

Coat of arms of Polvijärvi
Coat of arms

Location of Polvijärvi in Finland
Location of Polvijärvi in Finland

Coordinates: 62°51.3′N 029°22′E / 62.8550°N 29.367°E / 62.8550; 29.367Coordinates: 62°51.3′N 029°22′E / 62.8550°N 29.367°E / 62.8550; 29.367
Country
 Finland
Region North Karelia
Sub-region Joensuu sub-region
Charter 1876
Government

 • Municipal manager Pauli Vaittinen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]

 • Total 958.32 km2 (370.01 sq mi)
 • Land 804.13 km2 (310.48 sq mi)
 • Water 154.22 km2 (59.54 sq mi)
Area rank
98th largest in Finland
Population
(2018-08-31)[2]

 • Total 4,362
 • Rank
192nd largest in Finland
 • Density 5.42/km2 (14.0/sq mi)

Population by native language
[3]

 • Finnish
7,001,995,000,000,000,000♠99.5% (official)
 • Others
6,999,500,000,000,000,000♠0.5%

Population by age
[4]

 • 0 to 14
7,001,145,000,000,000,000♠14.5%
 • 15 to 64
7,001,634,000,000,000,000♠63.4%
 • 65 or older
7,001,221,000,000,000,000♠22.1%
Time zone
UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]
 19%
Website www.polvijarvi.fi

Polvijärvi is a municipality of Finland.


It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 4,362 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 958.32 square kilometres (370.01 sq mi) of which 154.22 km2 (59.54 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.42 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.0/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Juuka, Kaavi, Kontiolahti, Liperi Outokumpu.


The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


Polvijärvi is established in 1876.




Contents






  • 1 People


  • 2 Surnames


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





People




  • Heikki Soininen (1891–1957)


  • Vilho Turunen (1923–1973)


  • Jouni Kortelainen (born 1957)


  • Annikka Mutanen (born 1965)



Surnames


The most common surnames in Polvijärvi and their frequencies as of 2014:[6]



  • 1. Tanskanen (1:16)

  • 2. Mutanen (1:43)

  • 3. Hirvonen (1:48)

  • 3. Kettunen (1:48)

  • 5. Hyttinen (1:49)

  • 6. Mertanen (1:52)

  • 7. Nevalainen (1:56)

  • 8. Karttunen (1:64)

  • 9. Räsänen (1:69)

  • 10. Turunen (1:82)



References





  1. ^ ab "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.


  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. ^ Most common surnames in Polvijärvi




External links


Media related to Polvijärvi at Wikimedia Commons



  • Municipality of Polvijärvi – Official website











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