Haapavesi | |
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Town | |
| Haapaveden kaupunki | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Haapavesi in Finland | |
| Coordinates:64°08.5′N025°22′E / 64.1417°N 25.367°E /64.1417; 25.367 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Siikalatva |
| Charter | 1863 |
| Town privileges | 1996 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Esa Jussila |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,086.11 km2 (419.35 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,050.47 km2 (405.59 sq mi) |
| • Water | 36.41 km2 (14.06 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 75th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30)[2] | |
• Total | 6,347 |
| • Rank | 145th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 6.04/km2 (15.6/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.3% (official) |
| • Others | 3.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 20.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 55.7% |
| • 65 or older | 24.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Haapavesi is atown and amunicipality ofFinland.
It is located in theNorth Ostrobothniaregion. The name means "Aspen Water". The town has a population of 6,347 (30 June 2025)[2] and covers an area of 1,086.11 square kilometres (419.35 sq mi) of which 36.41 km2 (14.06 sq mi) is water.[1] Thepopulation density is 6.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.6/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities areHaapajärvi,Kärsämäki,Nivala,Oulainen,Raahe,Siikalatva andYlivieska.
The municipality is unilinguallyFinnish.
The town is the Finnish national kantele village. It is also known for the Haapavesi Folk Music Festival[5] which gathersfolk musicians together.
At Haapavesi, there is a 327 metres (1,073 ft) tall guyedTV mast, which belongs to Finland's tallest man-made structures.
The Haapavesi Folk High School (Finnish:Haapaveden opisto) is an ideologically independentboarding school. Haapavesi Folk High School is one of the eleven folk high schools cooperating in the HUMAK University of Applied Sciences. HUMAK offers education and training in the fields of Civic and youth work, Cultural management and production as well as Sign language interpreter. In Haapavesi Unit of HUMAK the focus is on civic and youth work.
| Climate data for Haapavesi Mustikkamäki (normals 1991-2020, extremes 1959-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 8.0 (46.4) | 13.5 (56.3) | 21.6 (70.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 31.3 (88.3) | 32.6 (90.7) | 30.4 (86.7) | 25.3 (77.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 10.5 (50.9) | 7.2 (45.0) | 32.6 (90.7) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) | 2.9 (37.2) | 7.4 (45.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 28.1 (82.6) | 26.3 (79.3) | 20.2 (68.4) | 12.4 (54.3) | 6.8 (44.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 29.1 (84.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) | −4.9 (23.2) | 0.2 (32.4) | 6.6 (43.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 5.5 (41.9) | 0.2 (32.4) | −2.9 (26.8) | 7.2 (45.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.2 (17.2) | −8.4 (16.9) | −4.1 (24.6) | 1.9 (35.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 13.7 (56.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 14.1 (57.4) | 8.9 (48.0) | 2.8 (37.0) | −1.9 (28.6) | −5.5 (22.1) | 3.2 (37.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) | −12.1 (10.2) | −8.4 (16.9) | −2.7 (27.1) | 2.7 (36.9) | 8.1 (46.6) | 11.2 (52.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 5.1 (41.2) | 0.3 (32.5) | −4.2 (24.4) | −8.4 (16.9) | −0.9 (30.4) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −26.3 (−15.3) | −26.2 (−15.2) | −20.4 (−4.7) | −11.9 (10.6) | −4.0 (24.8) | 1.0 (33.8) | 4.5 (40.1) | 2.0 (35.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | −9.6 (14.7) | −15.3 (4.5) | −21.5 (−6.7) | −29.2 (−20.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −39.0 (−38.2) | −41.3 (−42.3) | −31.6 (−24.9) | −21.2 (−6.2) | −9.9 (14.2) | −3.3 (26.1) | −0.4 (31.3) | −3.5 (25.7) | −9.2 (15.4) | −22.7 (−8.9) | −34.3 (−29.7) | −36.2 (−33.2) | −41.3 (−42.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 34 (1.3) | 28 (1.1) | 24 (0.9) | 24 (0.9) | 44 (1.7) | 57 (2.2) | 74 (2.9) | 68 (2.7) | 51 (2.0) | 47 (1.9) | 41 (1.6) | 40 (1.6) | 531 (20.9) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 109 |
| Source 1: FMI normals 1991-2020[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Record highs and lows[7] | |||||||||||||
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