Sievi
Municipality in North Ostrobothnia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sievi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsie̯ʋi]) is a municipality of Finland.
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Sievi | |
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Municipality | |
Sievin kunta Sievi kommun | |
Coordinates: 63°54′N 024°31′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | North Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Ylivieska |
Charter | 1867 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Markku Koski |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 800.55 km2 (309.09 sq mi) |
• Land | 786.4 km2 (303.6 sq mi) |
• Water | 13.55 km2 (5.23 sq mi) |
• Rank | 104th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,713 |
• Rank | 174th largest in Finland |
• Density | 5.99/km2 (15.5/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 96.2% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.2% |
• Others | 3.5% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 25.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 54.8% |
• 65 or older | 20.1% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www |
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It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the North Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,713 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 800.55 square kilometres (309.09 sq mi) of which 13.55 km2 (5.23 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.5/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.