Country Finland Charter 1865 Municipal tax rate 19.5% Local time Monday 10:35 AM | Sub-region Oulunkaari sub-region Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 1,736 km² Region Northern Ostrobothnia | |
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Area rank 37th largest in Finland Weather -2°C, Wind S at 16 km/h, 70% Humidity | ||
Utajärvi is a municipality of Finland.
Map of 91600 Utaj%C3%A4rvi, Finland
It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,855 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,671.01 square kilometres (645.18 sq mi) of which 65.55 km2 (25.31 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.71 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality is probably best known of the moraine region of Rokua, which is a popular summer and sports resort.
The popular rockgroup 22-Pistepirkko was formed in Utajärvi in 1980.
References
Utajärvi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA