Alavieska

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Alavieska

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Alavieskan kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Alavieska kommun}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Alavieska Church 20181229.jpg

| image_caption = The Alavieska Church

| image_shield = Alavieska.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Alavieska sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Alavieska in Finland

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = North Ostrobothnia

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Ylivieska

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Kari Pentti

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1879

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|demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Alavieska}}

|demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Alavieska}}

|demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Alavieska}}

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|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Alavieska}}

|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Alavieska}}

|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = {{Official URL}}

}}

Alavieska ({{IPA|fi|ˈɑlɑˌʋie̯skɑ}}) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Alavieska}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Alavieska}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Alavieska}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Alavieska|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The word Ala means "lower", while the word Vieska is supposed to mean a "shallow ford".{{cite magazine | last = Rahkonen | first = Pauli | title = Suomen etymologisesti läpinäkymätöntä vesistönimistöä | year = 2013 | work = Virittäjä | number = 1 | page = 21 | language = fi}}

The scythe theme of Alavieska's coat of arms refers to the extensive meadows in the municipality's territory. The coat of arms was designed by Kaj Kajander, and the Alavieska municipal council approved it at its meeting on September 20, 1960. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on November 25 of the same year.{{cite book | title = Suomen kunnallisvaakunat | publisher = Suomen Kunnallisliitto | year = 1982 | page = 126 | isbn = 951-773-085-3 | language = fi}}{{cite web | title = Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat 1949-1995 I:8 Alavieska | url = http://digi.narc.fi/digi/fullpic.ka?kuid=1527528 | publisher = Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto | access-date = July 28, 2022 | language = fi }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities are Kalajoki, Merijärvi, Oulainen and Ylivieska.

=Villages=

In 1967, Alavieska had six legally recognized villages (henkikirjakylät):{{Cite book |last=Maijala |first=Veikko |last2=Papunen |first2=Pentti |title=Suomenmaa: maantieteellis-yhteiskunnallinen tieto- ja hakuteos. 1: Ahlainen–Hausjärvi|publisher=WSOY|year=1967|location=Helsinki|chapter=Alavieska}}

Alavieska
Eteläranta
Kähtävä
Somero
Taluskylä
Käännänkylä

Demographics

= Population =

On the {{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}, the municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|{{PAGENAME}}}}}} ({{DFINM|population_rank|{{PAGENAME}}}}). The population density was {{DFINM|population_density_km2|{{PAGENAME}}}}/km². In 2020, the age structure of a population was: children (under 15 years old) — {{DFINM|demographics2_info1|{{PAGENAME}}}}; the working-age residents (15–64 years) — {{DFINM|demographics2_info2|{{PAGENAME}}}}; the elderly (65 years and older) — {{DFINM|demographics2_info3|{{PAGENAME}}}}. The average age was 43.8, above the national average of 43.4 and regional average of 40.8.

{{Bar chart

| title = Population size of in 1980–2020{{cite web |url= http://pxdata.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_011.px |title= Väestö kielen mukaan sekä ulkomaan kansalaisten määrä ja maa-pinta-ala alueittain 1980–2016 |date= 29 March 2017 |website= |publisher= Tilastokeskus (Statistics Finland) |access-date= 11 January 2018 |language= fi |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180617142223/http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_011.px |archive-date= 17 June 2018}}

| label_type = Year

| data_type = Residents

| bar_width = 47

| width_units = em

| label1 = 1975

| label2 = 1980

| label3 = 1985

| label4 = 1990

| label5 = 1995

| label6 = 2000

| label7 = 2005

| label8 = 2010

| label9 = 2015

| label10 = 2020

| data_max = 3500

| data1 = 3056

| data2 = 2990

| data3 = 3040

| data4 = 3072

| data5 = 3051

| data6 = 2940

| data7 = 2854

| data8 = 2770

| data9 = 2687

| data10 = 2514

| comment1 =

| comment2 = −0.44%

| comment3 = +0.33%

| comment4 = +0.21%

| comment5 = −0.14%

| comment6 = −0.74%

| comment7 = −0.59%

| comment8 = −0.60%

| comment9 = −0.61%

| comment10 = −1.30%

| caption = The data refers to the conditions on 31 December of the current year according to the territorial division on 1 January 2022.

}}

= Languages =

The population by language (mother tongue) on 31 December 2022. Finnish (suomi), Swedish (ruotsi) and Sami (saame) count as indigenous languages as they have official status in the country. The rest of the languages are counted as foreign. For languages with fewer than 10 speakers, the figure is hidden by Tilastokeskus due to confidentiality reasons.{{cite web |url= https://statfin.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11rm.px/ |title= 11rm — Kieli sukupuolen mukaan kunnittain, 1990-2023 |last= |first= |date= 2023 |website= |publisher= Tilastokeskus |access-date= 27 April 2023 |language = fi |quote=}}{{cite web |url= https://statfin.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11ra.px/ |title= 11ra — Tunnuslukuja väestöstä alueittain, 1990-2023 |last= |first= |date= 2023 |website= |publisher= Tilastokeskus |access-date= 27 April 2023 |language = fi |quote=}} Speakers of Finnish made up 99.0% of the population and speakers of Swedish made up 0.2%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 0.8%. Foreign nationals made up 0.6% of the total population.{{Cite web |title= Key figures on population by region, 1990-2020 |url= https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11ra.px/ |url-status= live |access-date=28 April 2021 |website= StatFin |publisher= Statistics Finland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406192005/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11ra.px/ |archive-date= 2019-04-06 }}

rowspan=2 \| Language	colspan=2 \| Speakers in 2022
valign="top"\| {\| class="wikitable sortable numbertable" \| style="text-align:right;"
Quantity	Part (%)
style="text-align:left;" \| Total population	{{formatnum:2447}}	100.0
style="text-align:left;" \| Official languages	{{formatnum:2425}}	99.1
style="text-align:left;" \| Finnish	{{formatnum:2421}}	98.9
style="text-align:left;" \| Swedish	4	0.2
style="text-align:left;" \| Foreign languages	22	0.9
style="text-align:left;" \| Other	22	0.9

| valign="top" |

+ Population by native language

valign="top" |

{{Pie chart

|value1 = 98.9 | label1 = Finnish | color1 = lightblue

|value2 = 0.2 | label2 = Swedish | color2 = yellow

|value3 = 0.9 | label3 = other | color3 =

}}

= Urban areas =

In 2019, out of the total population of 2,519, 1,281 people lived in the sole urban area, the Alavieska parish village, while lived 1,220 in sparsely populated areas and the coordinates of 18 people were unknown. This made Alavieska's degree of urbanization 51.2%.{{Cite web|title=Degree of urbanisation by area, 2019|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s7.px/|url-status=live|access-date=28 April 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=Statistics Finland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126094642/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s7.px/ |archive-date=2019-11-26 }}{{Cite web|title=Population in urban settlements and sparsely populated areas by age, sex and municipality, 2019|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s6.px/|url-status=live|access-date=28 April 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=Statistics Finland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126094635/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s6.px/ |archive-date=2019-11-26 }}

Economy

In 2018, 23.1% of the workforce of Alavieska worked in primary production (agriculture, forestry and fishing), 22.4% in secondary production (e.g. manufacturing, construction and infrastructure), and 52.9% in services. In 2019, the unemployment rate was 8.8%, and the share of pensioners in the population was 29.5%.{{Cite web|title=Municipal key figures 1987-2020 (with the 2021 regional division)|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/Kuntien_avainluvut/Kuntien_avainluvut__2021/kuntien_avainluvut_2021_aikasarja.px|url-status=live|access-date=28 April 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=Statistics Finland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426165318/https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/Kuntien_avainluvut/Kuntien_avainluvut__2021/kuntien_avainluvut_2021_aikasarja.px |archive-date=2021-04-26 }} (2018 and 2019)