Center of population

In demographics, the center of population of a region is a geographical point that describes a centerpoint of the region's population. There are several ways of defining such a "center point", leading to different geographical locations; these are often confused.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: in demography, the geographical point that describes the centerpoint of a specific area’s population
  • Also known as: “center of population”, “centre of population”, “Centre of population”, “gravity center of population”, “gravity centre of population”, “median center of a population”, “population center”, “population centers”, “population centre”, and “Weberin piste (1970)”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luopioinen and Pohja.

Town
Photo: EskoG-67, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a former municipality of , situated about 60 kilometres from . It is part of the region and in 2007 it was joined to the municipality of . It is a rural town containing a few lakes, most famous being lake . is situated 6 km southwest of Center of population.

Village
Photo: Cryonic07, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the eastern part of the and former administrative center of the former in , . is situated 8 km north of Center of population.

Center of population

Latitude
61.41047° or 61° 24′ 38″ north
Longitude
24.72345° or 24° 43′ 24″ east
Open location code
9GH6CP6F+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9421507200
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q852031
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Center of population” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز سكاني”
  • Arabic: “وسط السكان”
  • Chinese: “人口中心”
  • Czech: “populační střed”
  • Finnish: “Weberin piste”
  • Galician: “centro poboado”
  • German: “Bevölkerungsmittelpunkt”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז אוכלוסייה”
  • Japanese: “人口重心”
  • Russian: “Центр народонаселения”
  • Russian: “Центр населённости”
  • Slovenian: “demografsko središče”
  • Slovenian: “populacijsko središče”
  • Slovenian: “prebivalstveno središče”
  • Swedish: “Befolkningstyngdpunkt”
  • Turkish: “yerleşim merkezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Центр населеності”

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