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Evijärvi

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Evijärvi
Municipality
Evijärven kunta Evijärvi kommun
Evijärvi Church
Coat of arms
Location of Evijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°22′N 023°28.5′E / 63.367°N 23.4750°E / 63.367; 23.4750
Country	Finland
Region	Southern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Järviseutu sub-region
Charter	1867
Government
• Municipal manager	Mikko Huhtala
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	390.71 km2 (150.85 sq mi)
• Land	354.15 km2 (136.74 sq mi)
• Water	36.7 km2 (14.2 sq mi)
• Rank	216th largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,292
• Rank	245th largest in Finland
• Density	6.47/km2 (16.8/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	93.7% (official)
• Swedish	2.1%
• Others	4.3%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	16.3%
• 15 to 64	54.2%
• 65 or older	29.6%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	evijarvi.fi

Evijärvi is a municipalityofFinland. It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,292 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 390.71 square kilometres (150.85 sq mi) of which 36.7 km² (14.2 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 6.47 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.8/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kauhava, Kronoby, Lappajärvi, Pedersöre and Veteli.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

• Jalmari Linna (1891–1954)
• Aleksi Kiviaho (1913–1986)
• Ilmari Linna (1917–1981)
• Tea Ista (1932–2014)
• Esko Ahonen (1955–)

Media related to Evijärvi at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Evijärvi – Official website (in Finnish)

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