Haapajärvi

Haapajärvi [ hɑ ː pɑjærvi ] is a city in 7640 with a population (as of 31 December 2012) in Finland. It lies at the headwaters of the river in the south of the landscape Kalajoki Northern Ostrobothnia.

Next to the main town Haapajärvi It includes ( 3,700 inhabitants), the villages Ahola, Autioranta, Haaganperä, Jokela, Jämsänpuhto, Kalakangas, Kirkonkylä, Kiurunperä, Kontiopuhto, Kuona, Kuusaa, Kuusaa, Mustanperä, Mäntyperä, Nokkous, Oksava, Olkkola, Parkkila, Tiitonranta, Tuomiperä, Varisperä, Vehkapuhto and Ylipää. 1977, the community was given city rights.

In Haapajärvi is a campus of the Faculty of Economics at Central Ostrobothnia Polytechnic. Other attractions include the Haapajärvis built 1802 wooden church and a wooden house in which the first Finnish President Juho Ståhlberg Kaarlo spent his childhood.

Haapajärvi is the terminus of a railway line to Jyväskylä; it also made ​​connections towards Iisalmi and Ylivieska.

Coat of arms

Description of coat of arms: In a blue shield diagonally right uphill defined silver winged arrow with golden lace and fletching.

Personalities

  • Kristfrid Ganander (1741-1790), folklorist and philologist
  • Juho Jaakonaho (1882-1964); cyclist
  • Mika Myllylä (1969-2011), cross-country skiers
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