Siikajoki
Municipality
Siikajoen kunta
Siikajoki kommun
Coat of arms of Siikajoki
Coat of arms
Location of Siikajoki in Finland
Location of Siikajoki in Finland
Coordinates: 64°40′N 025°06′E / 64.667°N 25.100°E / 64.667; 25.100
Country Finland
RegionNorth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionRaahe
Charter1868
SeatRuukki
Government
 • Municipality managerKaisu Tuomi
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,653.89 km2 (638.57 sq mi)
 • Land1,055.46 km2 (407.52 sq mi)
 • Water601.94 km2 (232.41 sq mi)
 • Rank74th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
 • Total4,858
 • Rank170th largest in Finland
 • Density4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.3% (official)
 • Others1.7%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1421.2%
 • 15 to 6454.1%
 • 65 or older24.7%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.siikajoki.fi

Siikajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the North Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,858 (30 September 2023)[2] and covers an area of 1,653.89 square kilometres (638.57 sq mi) of which 601.94 km2 (232.41 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Hailuoto, Liminka, Lumijoki, Raahe and Siikalatva.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Siikajoki Church

The current municipality of Siikajoki consists of three previous municipalities of Paavola and Revonlahti, that were merged into the municipality of Ruukki in 1973, and the municipality of Siikajoki founded in 1868. The municipalities of Ruukki and Siikajoki were disbanded and replaced by the new municipality of Siikajoki on January 1, 2007.

Settlements

Notable people

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "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.

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