Central Ostrobothnia

Central Ostrobothnia (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a region in Finland. Central Ostrobothnia borders the Bothnian Bay and the regions of Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and South Ostrobothnia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The regional bird of Central Ostrobothnia is the Eurasian skylark, the regional stone is Gneiss, the regional lake is Lake Lestijärvi, the regional fish is European whitefish. The capital and largest city of the region is Kokkola.

Central Ostrobothnia has an area of 6,462.93 km, of which 5,019.98 km² is land area.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Central Ostrobothnia, including the sea areas, is the smallest province in mainland Finland in terms of population and total area, and the second smallest province in Finland after Åland. However, if you count the land area alone, Kymenlaakso is smaller than Central Ostrobothnia.

Municipalities

Template:Main The region of Central Ostrobothnia consists of eight municipalities, two of which have city status (marked in bold).

Sub-regions

Template:Columns-start Kaustinen sub-region:

• Halsua
• Kaustinen
• Lestijärvi
• Perho
• Toholampi
• Veteli

Template:Column Kokkola sub-region:

• Kannus
• Kokkola

List of municipalities

Coat of arms	Municipality	Population	Land area (km2)	Density (/km2)	Finnish speakers	Swedish speakers	Other speakers
	Halsua	Template:Data Finland municipality	{{#expr:Template:Data Finland municipalityround 0}}	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipality/Template:Data Finland municipalityround 0}}	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 1 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language other/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %
	Kannus	Template:Data Finland municipality	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipalityround 0}}	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipality/Template:Data Finland municipality round 0}}	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 1 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language other/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %
	Kaustinen	Template:Data Finland municipality	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipalityround 0}}	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipality/Template:Data Finland municipality round 0}}	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 1 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language other/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %
	Kokkola	Template:Data Finland municipality	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipalityround 0}}	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipality/Template:Data Finland municipality round 0}}	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 1 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language other/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %
	Lestijärvi	Template:Data Finland municipality	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipalityround 0}}	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipality/Template:Data Finland municipality round 0}}	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 1 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language other/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %
	Perho	Template:Data Finland municipality	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipalityround 0}}	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipality/Template:Data Finland municipality round 0}}	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 1 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language other/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %
	Toholampi	Template:Data Finland municipality	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipalityround 0}}	{{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipality/Template:Data Finland municipality round 0}}	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 1 }} %	{{#expr:(Template:Data Finland municipality/native language other/Template:Data Finland municipality*100)round 0 }} %
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Politics

Results of the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election in Central Ostrobothnia:

• Centre Party 31.09%
• Finns Party 19.60%
• Social Democratic Party 16.06%
• National Coalition Party 7.42%
• Christian Democrats 7.29%
• Swedish People's Party 6.26%
• Green League 6.03%
• Left Alliance 4.11%
• Blue Reform 0.80%
• Seven Star Movement 0.36%
• Other parties 0.98%

External links

• Central Ostrobothnia Regional Council website