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Polvijärvi

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Municipality in North Karelia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Polvijärvi in Finland

Coordinates: 62°51.3′N 029°22′E / 62.8550°N 29.367°E / 62.8550; 29.367Country

FinlandRegionNorth KareliaSub-regionJoensuu sub-regionCharter1876Government

• Municipal managerPauli VaittinenArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total958.32 km² (370.01 sq mi) • Land804.63 km² (310.67 sq mi) • Water154.22 km² (59.54 sq mi) • Rank98th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,064 • Rank193rd largest in Finland • Density5.05/km² (13.1/sq mi)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish98.3% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others1.6%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1413.3% • 15 to 6452.8% • 65 or older33.9%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.polvijarvi.fi

Polvijärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpolʋiˌjærʋi]; literally "knee lake") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 4,064 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 958.32 square kilometres (370.01 sq mi) of which 154.22 km² (59.54 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 5.05 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.1/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Juuka, Kaavi, Kontiolahti, Liperi, Outokumpu.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Polvijärvi is established in 1876.

Notable people

Heikki Soininen (1891–1957)
Vilho Turunen (1923–1973)
Jouni Kortelainen (born 1957)
Annikka Mutanen (born 1965)

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.