Kivijärvi

It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,098 (31 July 2020)[2] and covers an area of 599.88 square kilometres (231.61 sq mi) of which 115.81 km2 (44.71 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.27 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.9/sq mi).

This article is about the municipality of Finland. For other uses, see Kivijärvi (disambiguation).
Kivijärvi
Municipality
Kivijärven kunta
Kivijärvi kommun
Salamajärvi National Park
Coat of arms
Location of Kivijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°07.2′N 025°04.5′E
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionSaarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter1868
Government
 • Municipal managerPekka Helppikangas
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total599.88 km2 (231.61 sq mi)
 • Land484.05 km2 (186.89 sq mi)
 • Water115.81 km2 (44.71 sq mi)
Area rank178th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total1,098
 • Rank293rd largest in Finland
 • Density2.27/km2 (5.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.3% (official)
 • Others0.7%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1418%
 • 15 to 6454.7%
 • 65 or older27.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19.5%
Websitewww.kivijarvi.fi
Kivijärvi church.

Kivijärvi is a municipality of Finland.

Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Karstula, Kinnula, Kyyjärvi, Perho and Viitasaari.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Nature

There are all together 89 lakes in Kivijärvi. Biggest lakes are Kivijärvi, Heitjärvi and Heikinjärvi.[6] Salamajärvi National Park is partly located in Kivijärvi.

Surnames

Most common surnames and their frequencies in Kivijärvi as of 2014:[7]

People

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  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.
  7. Most Common Surnames in Kivijärvi

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