Haapavesi
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Haapavesi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Haapavesi June 2017.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Haapavesi.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Haapavesi sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Haapavesi in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Siikalatva
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Esa Jussila
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1863
- Settlement.established_title2
- Town privileges
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1996
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Haapaveden kaupunki
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Oulu Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 6298
- Area
- 35.94
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Ylivieska
- Official website
- haapavesi.fi
- Image
- Haapavesi church 2.jpg
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- associated electoral district
- Oulu
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Haapavesi
- Commons category
- Haapavesi
- topic's main category
- Category:Haapavesi
- inception
- 1866-01-01
- twinned administrative body
- Ridala Rural Municipality
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Haapavesi
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Haapavesi-Siikalatva sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=71
- P12749
- Francis Marrash
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Haapavesi Folk High School
- Climate
- Notable individuals
- References
- External links
Haapavesi is a town and a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. The name means "Aspen Water". The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Kärsämäki, Nivala, Oulainen, Raahe, Siikalatva and Ylivieska.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haapavesi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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