Alavieska

Neighbouring municipalities are Kalajoki, Merijärvi, Oulainen and Ylivieska. Villages In 1967, Alavieska had six legally recognized villages (henkikirjakylät): • Alavieska • Eteläranta • Kähtävä • Somero • Taluskylä • Käännänkylä == Demographics ==

Population On the , the municipality has a population of (). 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. 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%. == 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%. ==Notable people==

• Pentti Kahma, discus thrower • Teemu Kattilakoski, skier • Rauli Pudas, pole vaulter ==See also==