Järviseutu

Sub-region in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Järviseutu is a subdivision of Southern Ostrobothnia and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009.

Municipalities

Changes

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

• Kortesjärvi left the sub-region as it was consolidated with Kauhava.
• Lehtimäki, formerly a part of the Kuusiokunnat 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, 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, Keuruu and Pihlajavesi.^[1]

Politics

Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:

• Sauli Niinistö 56.8%
• Matti Vanhanen 15.1%
• Paavo Väyrynen 13.0%
• Laura Huhtasaari 9.1%
• Pekka Haavisto 2.7%
• Merja Kyllönen 1.6%
• Tuula Haatainen 1.5%
• Nils Torvalds 0.2%

References

1. "Savolaismurteiden alue". sokl.uef.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2022.