Charter 1866 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Tuesday 11:24 AM | Town privileges 1996 Area 1,086 km² Region Northern Ostrobothnia | |
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Area rank 75th largest in Finland Weather 1°C, Wind S at 19 km/h, 88% Humidity | ||
Haapavesi is a town and a municipality of Finland.
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Map of 86600 Haapavesi, Finland
It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 7,157 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,049.78 square kilometres (405.32 sq mi) of which 36.41 km2 (14.06 sq mi) is water. The population density is 6.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (17.7/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Kärsämäki, Nivala, Oulainen, Raahe, Siikalatva and Ylivieska.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The town is known for the Haapavesi Folk Music Festival which gathers folkmusicians together.
At Haapavesi, there is a 327 metres (1,073 ft) tall guyed TV mast, which belongs to Finland's tallest man-made structures.
Haapavesi Folk High School
The Haapavesi Folk High School (Finnish: Haapaveden opisto) is an ideologically independent boarding school. Haapavesi Folk High School is one of the eleven folk high schools cooperating in the HUMAK University of Applied Sciences. HUMAK offers education and training in the fields of Civic and youth work, Cultural management and production as well as Sign language interpreter. In Haapavesi Unit of HUMAK the focus is on civic and youth work.