Hausjärvi | ||
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Municipality | ||
Hausjärven kunta | ||
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Location of Hausjärvi in Finland |
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Coordinates: 60°47.2′N 025°01.5′E / 60.7867°N 25.0250°ECoordinates: 60°47.2′N 025°01.5′E / 60.7867°N 25.0250°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Tavastia Proper | |
Sub-region | Riihimäki sub-region | |
Charter | 1868 | |
Seat | Oitti | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Päivi Terävä | |
Area (2011-01-01) | ||
• Total | 398.78 km2 (153.97 sq mi) | |
• Land | 389.80 km2 (150.50 sq mi) | |
• Water | 8.98 km2 (3.47 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 250th largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31) | ||
• Total | 8,721 | |
• Rank | 121st largest in Finland | |
• Density | 22.37/km2 (57.9/sq mi) | |
Population by native language | ||
• Finnish | 98.1% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.6% | |
• Others | 1.3% | |
Population by age | ||
• 0 to 14 | 20.5% | |
• 15 to 64 | 64.5% | |
• 65 or older | 15.1% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate | 20% | |
Website | www.hausjarvi.fi |
Hausjärvi is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Oitti.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 8,721 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 398.78 square kilometres (153.97 sq mi) of which 8.98 km2 (3.47 sq mi) is water. The population density is 22.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (57.9/sq mi).
Geographically, and to some extent politically, Hausjärvi is characterized by its three population centres, Hikiä (population 1,135), Oitti (population 2,416) and Ryttylä (population 1,842). The administrative center of the municipality is Oitti, but politically there sometimes emerges debate on which centres should be developed and/or made targets of public investment.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.