Vihanti

Vihanti
Former municipality
Vihannin kunta
Vihanti kommun
Coat of arms of Vihanti
Location of Vihanti in Finland
Location of Vihanti in Finland
Coordinates: 64°29′N 025°00′E / 64.483°N 25.000°E / 64.483; 25.000
CountryFinland
RegionNorth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionRaahe sub-region
Charter1865
Government
 • Municipal managerLeena Mikkola-Riekkinen
Area
 • Total
489.64 km2 (189.05 sq mi)
 • Land484.71 km2 (187.15 sq mi)
 • Water4.93 km2 (1.90 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2012)
 • Total
3,020
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.vihanti.fi

Vihanti was a municipality of Finland. It was merged with the city of Raahe on 1 January 2013.

Vihanti is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 3,020 (31 December 2012) and covers an area of 489.64 square kilometres (189.05 sq mi) of which 4.93 km2 (1.90 sq mi) is water. The population density is 6.231/km2 (16.137/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.

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