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Hausjärvi

Hausjärvi
Municipality
Hausjärven kunta
Coat of arms of Hausjärvi
Coat of arms
Location of Hausjärvi in Finland
Location of Hausjärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 60°47.2′N 025°01.5′E / 60.7867°N 25.0250°E / 60.7867; 25.0250Coordinates: 60°47.2′N 025°01.5′E / 60.7867°N 25.0250°E / 60.7867; 25.0250
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.


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