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17-551: The municipality of Lehtimäki was consolidated with Alajärvi on 1 January 2009. The neighboring municipalities of Alajärvi are Alavus , Kuortane , Kyyjärvi , Lappajärvi , Lapua , Perho , Soini , Vimpeli and Ähtäri . In 1967, Alajärvi had eight legally recognized villages (henkikirjakylät) : In 2018, 11.2% of the workforce of Alajärvi worked in primary production ( agriculture , forestry and fishing ), 29.9% in secondary production (e.g. manufacturing , construction and infrastructure ), and 57.1% in services . In 2019,

34-620: Is a former municipality of Finland . It was consolidated to Alajärvi on 1 January 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region . The municipality had a population of 1,850 (2006) and covered an area of 291.32 km² of which 18.88 km² is water. The population density was 7.2 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish . [REDACTED] Media related to Lehtimäki at Wikimedia Commons This Western Finland location article

51-492: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Provinces of Finland Between 1634 and 2009, Finland was administered as several provinces ( Finnish : Suomen läänit , Swedish : Finlands län ). Finland had always been a unitary state : the provincial authorities were part of the central government's executive branch and apart from Åland , the provinces had little autonomy. There were never any elected provincial parliaments in continental Finland. The system

68-1002: The Church of Gabriel cemetery (1918, 1940, 1944), and the Administrative Centre (1965-1970) and Library (design 1966, built 1991). The town is home to the Nelimarkka Museum. The museum was built by the painter Eero Nelimarkka . It was designed by his friend, the architect Hilding Ekelund . The men's pesäpallo club Alajärven Ankkurit competes in the Superpesis national league, playing at Kitro Stadium . Also, Alvar Aalto spent summers in Alajärvi in his youth and even lived there until his marriage in 1925. [REDACTED] Media related to Alajärvi at Wikimedia Commons [REDACTED] Alajärvi travel guide from Wikivoyage Lehtim%C3%A4ki Lehtimäki

85-428: The age of 64. The average age was 46.1, above the national average of 43.4 and regional average of 44.7. Speakers of Finnish made up 96.8% of the population and speakers of Swedish made up 0.1%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 3.0%. Foreign nationals made up 2.8% of the total population. The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Alajärvi from 1975 to 2020, encompasses

102-577: The city of Helsinki proper comprises the electoral district of Helsinki, the rest of Greater Helsinki belonging to the Uusimaa electoral district. a. ^ Some duties, which in Mainland Finland are handled by the provinces, are on the Åland Islands transferred to the autonomous Government of Åland . b. ^ The Åland Islands are unilingually Swedish. The provinces were abolished altogether effective 1 January 2010. Since then,

119-409: The coordinates of 75 people were unknown. This made Alajärvi's degree of urbanization 61.6%. The urban population in the municipality was divided between three urban areas as follows: Alajärvi has a subarctic climate ( Dfc ). https://kilotavu.com/fmi-tilastot.php?taulukkomoodi=true In 2020, 17.4% of the population of Alajärvi was under the age of 15, 54.3% were aged 15 to 64, and 28.3% were over

136-649: The former province of Western Finland , and the former province of Oulu was revamped as Northern Finland; other old provincial boundaries remain much the same in the new disposition. In parallel, there are 15 Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (Finnish: elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus , usually abbreviated ely-keskus ), which are responsible for other state administration: employment, road and transport infrastructure, and environmental monitoring . They are each responsible for one or more of regions of Finland , and include offices of

153-412: The former provinces, the municipalities of Finland form the fundamental subdivisions of the country. In current use are the regions of Finland , a smaller subdivision where some pre-1997 lääni s are split into multiple regions. Åland retains its special autonomous status and its own regional parliament . Each province was led by a governor (Finnish maaherra , Swedish landshövding ) appointed by

170-564: The municipality's area as of 2021. The Alajärvi Church , also known as the Church of Gabriel, was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1836. There are several buildings in the town and surrounding area designed by architect Alvar Aalto , both from the very early and later stages of his career: the Youth Association building (1919), Myllykangas farmhouse alterations (1920), Villa Väinölä (1926), Villa Flora ( Aino Aalto , 1926), Municipal Hospital (1928), Grave memorials in

187-632: The president on the recommendation of the cabinet. The governor was the head of the State Provincial Office (Finnish lääninhallitus , Swedish länsstyrelse ), which acted as the joint regional authority for seven ministries in the following domains: The official administrative subentities under the Provincial Office authorities were the Registry Offices (Finnish maistraatti , Swedish magistrat ). Formerly there

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204-812: The regional administration of the Finnish state has two parallel top-level organs in the hierarchy: the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment on the one hand, and the Regional State Administrative Agencies on the other. Six Regional State Administrative Agencies ( aluehallintovirasto, regionförvaltningsverk , abbr. avi ) – in addition to the State Department of Åland – are primarily responsible for law enforcement. Among these, South-Western Finland and Western and Central Finland cover

221-536: The responsibility of municipalities of Finland . Many municipalities are too small for a hospital and some other services, so they cooperate in municipality groups, e.g. health care districts, using borders that vary depending on the type of service. Often Swedish-language municipalities cooperate even if they do not share a border. In 1634, administratives provinces were formed in Sweden, and therefore in Finland, which

238-404: The unemployment rate was 9.3%, and the share of pensioners in the population was 33.0%. Though a small town, Alajärvi has a few shops, namely K-Supermarket, Tokmanni , Lidl and a few others. In 2013 a public natatorium was opened, which also includes a weight room. In 2019, out of the total population of 9,562, 5,846 people lived in urban areas and 3,641 in sparsely populated areas, while

255-434: Was a part of Sweden until 1809. Five of the provinces covered what is now Finland; some of these also covered parts of what are now Russia. The exact division of the country into provinces has fluctuated over time. The boundaries of the old provinces partly survive in telephone area codes and electoral districts. The exception is Helsinki: there is a telephone numbering area that comprises Greater Helsinki (code 09), while only

272-426: Was also a division to state local districts (Finnish kihlakunta , Swedish härad ), which were districts for police, prosecution, and bailiff services, but there was reorganization such that 24 police districts were founded. These usually encompass multiple municipalities. Provinces governed only state offices, such as the police. Most services, such as healthcare and maintenance of local streets, were and remain today

289-450: Was initially created in 1634. Its makeup was changed drastically on 1 September 1997, when the number of the provinces was reduced from twelve to six. This effectively made them purely administrative units, as linguistic and cultural boundaries no longer followed the borders of the provinces. The provinces were eventually abolished at the end of 2009. Consequently, different ministries may subdivide their areal organization differently. Besides

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