Evijärvi
Evijärvi | |
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Municipality | |
| Evijärven kunta Evijärvi kommun | |
Evijärvi Church | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Evijärvi in Finland | |
Interactive map of Evijärvi | |
| Coordinates: 63°22′N 023°28.5′E / 63.367°N 23.4750°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | South Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Järviseutu |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Mikko Huhtala |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 390.71 km2 (150.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 354.15 km2 (136.74 sq mi) |
| • Water | 36.7 km2 (14.2 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 216th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30) | |
• Total | 2,262 |
| • Rank | 245th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 6.39/km2 (16.6/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 93.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 2.1% |
| • Others | 4.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 16.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.2% |
| • 65 or older | 29.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | evijarvi |
Evijärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈeʋiˌjærʋi]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,262 (30 June 2025) and covers an area of 390.71 square kilometres (150.85 sq mi) of which 36.7 km2 (14.2 sq mi) is water. The population density is 6.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.6/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Kauhava, Kronoby, Lappajärvi, Pedersöre and Veteli. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. There is a lake of the same name in the municipality.
The coat of arms of Evijärvi, designed by Olof Eriksson, resembles the coat of arms of Alajärvi in appearance; the only difference being the two red-finned fish that appear on Evijärvi's coat of arms. In the 1980s, salted fish made from bream caught in the spring was named the traditional local dish of Evijärvi.