Lehtimäki

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Lehtimäki
Former municipality
Lehtimäen kunta
Lehtimäki kommun
Coat of arms of Lehtimäki
Location of Lehtimäki in Finland
Location of Lehtimäki in Finland
Coordinates: 62°49′05″N 23°56′35″E / 62.81806°N 23.94306°E / 62.81806; 23.94306
CountryFinland
RegionSouthern Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionKuusiokunnat sub-region
Charter1866
Consolidated2009
Area
 • Total288.8 km2 (111.5 sq mi)
 • Land271.84 km2 (104.96 sq mi)
 • Water16.96 km2 (6.55 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2008)[2]
 • Total1,849
 • Density6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Lehtimäki 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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  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.

External links[edit]

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