Lestijärvi
Lestijärvi | |
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Municipality | |
| Lestijärven kunta Lestijärvi kommun | |
Lestijärvi municipal office | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Lestijärvi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°31.5′N 024°40′E / 63.5250°N 24.667°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Central Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Kaustinen sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Esko Ahonen |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 559.06 km2 (215.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 480.06 km2 (185.35 sq mi) |
| • Water | 78.37 km2 (30.26 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 180th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30) | |
• Total | 653 |
| • Rank | 300th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.36/km2 (3.5/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.6% (official) |
| • Others | 2.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53.6% |
| • 65 or older | 31.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | lestijarvi |
Lestijärvi is a municipality of Finland. There is also the Lake Lestijärvi in the area.
Lestijärvi is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 653 (30 June 2025), which makes it the smallest municipality of Mainland Finland in terms of population. It covers an area of 559.06 square kilometres (215.85 sq mi) of which 78.37 km2 (30.26 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.36 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.5/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Halsua, Kinnula, Kokkola, Perho, Reisjärvi, Sievi and Toholampi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.