Lestijärvi
Template:Expand Finnish Template:Infobox settlement Lestijärvi is a municipality of Finland. There is also the Lake Lestijärvi in the area.
Lestijärvi is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }}),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which makes it the smallest municipality of Mainland Finland in terms of population. It covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is Template:Convert.
Neighbouring municipalities are Halsua, Kinnula, Kokkola, Perho, Reisjärvi, Sievi and Toholampi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Demographics
This small, isolated rural area suffers from depopulation as in many other similar parts of Finland. The local community provide a subsidy of €1,000 p.a. to families who have a child and stay in the community. Other areas of Finland have similar schemes, such as providing very cheap land. After several years, the subsidy seems to be increasing the number of children in the community.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
People born in Lestijärvi
- Arthur Aspelin (1868 – 1949)
- Heimo Rekonen (1920 – 1997)
See also
References
External links
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- Municipality of Lestijärvi – Official website
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