Nivala

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Town in North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Nivala in Finland

Coordinates: 63°55.5′N 024°58.5′E / 63.9250°N 24.9750°E / 63.9250; 24.9750Country

FinlandRegionNorth OstrobothniaSub-regionNivala–HaapajärviCharter1867Town privileges1992Government

• Town managerPäivi KarikumpuArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total536.88 km² (207.29 sq mi) • Land527.31 km² (203.60 sq mi) • Water8.92 km² (3.44 sq mi) • Rank165th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total10,454 • Rank92nd largest in Finland • Density19.83/km² (51.4/sq mi)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish98.4% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others1.6%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1422.5% • 15 to 6454.2% • 65 or older23.3%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.nivala.fi

Nivala (formerly known as Pidisjärvi)^[5] is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 10,454 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 536.88 square kilometres (207.29 sq mi) of which 8.92 km² (3.44 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 19.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (51.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The subject of Nivala's coat of arms describes the wooden gate model typical of the municipality, and at the same time the shape of the gate resembles the initial letter of the name of the municipality. The coat of arms was designed by Kalervo Kallio, the son of president Kyösti Kallio, and the Nivala municipal council approved it at its meeting on 23 November 1964. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on 4 February 1965.^[6]^[7]

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities are Haapajärvi, Haapavesi, Sievi, and Ylivieska.

Nature

The Kalajoki river flows through the municipality. The biggest lake in the region is Pidisjärvi and the two other lakes are Suojärvi and Erkkisjärvi.

Notable people

Kyösti Kallio, the fourth President of Finland (1937–1940), was a resident of Nivala.
Rakel Liehu, writer
Maria Lohela, former Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (2015–2018)
Atte Ohtamaa, hockey player

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ Castrén, Jalmar (1909). Tietosanakirja (in Finnish). Helsinki: Tietosanakirja Osakeyhtiö.
^ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 151. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
^ "Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat 1949-1995 I:11 Nivala" (in Finnish). Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto. Retrieved 8 March 2023.