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Alajärvi (; ) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The town is unilingually Finnish.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Alajärvi
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Alajärvi Church Alajärven kirkko.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Alajärvi Church
Settlement.image_shield
Alajärvi.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size
100px
Settlement.image_map
Alajärvi sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.mapsize
150px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Alajärvi in Finland
Settlement.mapframe
yes
Settlement.mapframe marker
city
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
South Ostrobothnia
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Järviseutu
Settlement.leader_title
Town manager
Settlement.leader_name
Vesa Koivunen

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Official name
Alajärven kaupunki
Country
Finland
Located in
Vaasa Province
Official language
Finnish
Population
8982
Area
47.98
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Ähtäri
Follows
Lehtimäki
Official website
alajarvi.fi
Image
Alajärvi Church Alajärven kirkko.jpg
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Commons category
Alajärvi
topic's main category
Category:Alajärvi
associated electoral district
Vaasa
inception
1869-01-01
located in the statistical territorial entity
Järviseutu sub-region
native label
Alajärven kaupunki
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Alajärvi (; ) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The town is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality of Lehtimäki was consolidated with Alajärvi on 1 January 2009.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alajärvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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