Sievi

Sievi
Municipality
Sievin kunta
Sievi kommun
Sievi railway station
Sievi railway station
Coat of arms of Sievi
Location of Sievi in Finland
Location of Sievi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°54′N 024°31′E / 63.900°N 24.517°E / 63.900; 24.517
Country Finland
RegionNorth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionYlivieska
Charter1867
Government
 • Municipal managerMarkku Koski 
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total800.55 km2 (309.09 sq mi)
 • Land786.4 km2 (303.6 sq mi)
 • Water13.55 km2 (5.23 sq mi)
 • Rank104th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total4,713
 • Rank174th largest in Finland
 • Density5.99/km2 (15.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish96.2% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others3.5%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1425.1%
 • 15 to 6454.8%
 • 65 or older20.1%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.sievi.fi

Sievi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsie̯ʋi]) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the North Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,713 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 800.55 square kilometres (309.09 sq mi) of which 13.55 km2 (5.23 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.5/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Sievi Church
  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

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