Ilmajoki

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Ilmajoki Ilmola
Municipality
Ilmajoen kunta Ilmola kommun
Ilmajoki church
Coat of arms
Location of Ilmajoki in Finland
Coordinates: 62°44′N 022°35′E / 62.733°N 22.583°E / 62.733; 22.583
Country	Finland
Region	South Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Seinäjoki sub-region
Founded	1865
Government
• Municipality manager	Ari-Pekka Laitalainen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	579.68 km2 (223.82 sq mi)
• Land	576.74 km2 (222.68 sq mi)
• Water	2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
• Rank	147th largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	12,343
• Rank	84th largest in Finland
• Density	21.4/km2 (55/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	98.2% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	1.6%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	19.4%
• 15 to 64	58.4%
• 65 or older	22.2%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	ilmajoki.fi

Ilmajoki (Finnish: [ˈilmɑˌjoki]; Swedish: Ilmola) is a municipality of Finland. Ilmajoki is a town and municipality situated in Finland's South Ostrobothnia region, founded in 1865. Ilmajoki has a population of 12,165 (28. February 2017) [1] and covers an area of 579.79 km² (223.86 sq mi), of which 2.89 km² (1.12 sq mi) is water. The population density is 20.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (52.3 per sq mi). Ilmajoki borders the municipalities of Isokyrö, Kurikka, Laihia and Seinäjoki. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The population of Ilmajoki has increased by 700 over the past year (vuosi), with one in five inhabitants being under 14 years of age. Ilmajoki's tax rate is the lowest in all of South Ostrobothnia at 20.24% (average in South Ostrobothnia is 21.23%). Ilmajoki's production of renewable electricity exceeds it consumption of electricity.

Each June, thousands of people gather for opera, organized annually by Ilmajoki Music Festival. Plenty of sightseeing opportunities exist for those interested in history. Successful athletes from Ilmajoki include Olympic javelin thrower Tero Pitkämäki and Finnish former wrestler Marko Yli-Hannuksela.