Järviseutu is a subdivision of

Southern Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( ; ) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South Ostrobo ...

and one of the

sub-regions of Finland Sub-regions (, ) are divisions used for Statistics, statistical purposes in Finland. The country is divided into 69 sub-regions, which are formed by groups of Municipalities of Finland, municipalities within the 19 regions of Finland. These sub ...

since 2009.

Municipalities

Changes

Three changes happened to this sub-region on January 1, 2009: *

Kortesjärvi Kortesjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Alahärmä and Ylihärmä, to Kauhava on 1 January 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The m ...

left the sub-region as it was consolidated with

Kauhava Kauhava is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region, northwest of Helsinki and by the main railway from Helsinki to Oul ...

. *

Lehtimäki Lehtimäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Alajärvi on 1 January 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,850 ( ...

, formerly a part of the

Kuusiokunnat Kuusiokunnat is a subdivision of Southern Ostrobothnia and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009. The name means "six municipalities", which refers to how many municipalities there were in the sub-region when it was established. Nowadays ...

sub-region, was consolidated with Alajärvi. *Soini joined the sub-region.

Dialects

The dialects of the municipalities in the sub-region are very similar to each other. They are considered

Savonian dialects The Savo dialects (also called Savonian dialects or Savo Finnish) () are forms of the Finnish language spoken in Savo and other parts of Eastern Finland. Finnish dialects are grouped broadly into Eastern and Western varieties; Savo dialects are o ...

, however they lack many characteristic features associated with Savonian speech. These dialects are fairly similar to standard Finnish. A similar dialect is also used in

Ähtäri Ähtäri () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Ähtäri is located southeast of Seinäjoki ...

Keuruu Keuruu (; ) is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland regions of Finland, regio ...

and Pihlajavesi.

Politics

Results of the

2018 Finnish presidential election Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. The incumbent Sauli Niinistö received 63% of the vote and was re-elected for a second term, avoiding a Two-round system, second round. He received a plurality of the vote in every M ...

: *

Sauli Niinistö Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (, born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician who served as the 12th president of Finland from 2012 to 2024. A lawyer by education, Niinistö was Chairman of the National Coalition Party (NCP) from 1994 to 2001, Mini ...

56.8% *

Matti Vanhanen Matti Taneli Vanhanen (; born 4 November 1955) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party (Finland), Centre Party in 2006. In his earlier career, he was a journali ...

15.1% *

Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Matti Väyrynen (; born 2 September 1946) is a Finland, Finnish Politics of Finland, politician who has served, among other things, as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland), Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1982, and again from 198 ...

13.0% *

Laura Huhtasaari Laura Huhtasaari (born 30 March 1979) is a Finland, Finnish politician and teacher. As a member of the Finns Party, she has represented Satakunta (electoral district), Satakunta in the Parliament of Finland from April 2015 to July 2019. She was th ...

9.1% *

Pekka Haavisto Pekka Olavi Haavisto (; born 23 March 1958) is a Finnish politician of the Green League who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2023. Haavisto returned to the Finnish Parliament in the Finnish parliamentary election of M ...

2.7% *

Merja Kyllönen Merja Kyllönen (born 25 January 1977) is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. She is a member of the Left Alliance, part of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL. She was the Minister of Tran ...

1.6% *

Tuula Haatainen Tuula Irmeli Haatainen (born 11 February 1960) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, with the Social Democratic Party of Finland, Social Democratic Party. She was the Minister of Education 2003–2005 and the Minister of ...

1.5% *

Nils Torvalds Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who had been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2012 to 2024. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democra ...

0.2%

References

Sub-regions of Finland Geography of South Ostrobothnia {{WesternFinland-geo-stub