Utajärvi

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Utajärvi

Total population

1,312

Coordinates64.76°, 26.42°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Utajärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region next to the border of the Kainuu region, and is part of the former province of Oulu. It is 58 kilometres (36 mi) from Utajärvi to Oulu and 125 kilometres (78 mi) to Kajaani. The municipality has a population of 2,399 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 1,736.73 square kilometres (670.56 sq mi) of which 65.55 km2 (25.31 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.44 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.7/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Northern Ostrobothnia

• Muhos
  12.8 mi away · pop. 8,936
• Duboševica
  1336.7 mi away · pop. 393
• Batina
  1337.9 mi away · pop. 594
• Topolje
  1337.9 mi away · pop. 287
• Kneževo
  1340 mi away · pop. 485
• Podolje
  1341.2 mi away · pop. 88
• Zmajevac
  1341.7 mi away · pop. 544
• Popovac
  1342.5 mi away · pop. 738
• Branjin Vrh
  1343.7 mi away · pop. 764
• Šećerana
  1344.6 mi away · pop. 461
• Kamenac
  1344.7 mi away · pop. 129
• Šumarina
  1345 mi away · pop. 421

Browse all places in Northern Ostrobothnia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Choerades gilva

Choerades gilva

Seen 2026-08-12

Iteomyia capreae

Iteomyia capreae

Seen 2026-08-12

Contarinia petioli

Contarinia petioli

Seen 2026-08-12

Deer Ked

Lipoptena cervi

Seen 2026-08-12

Purple-veiled Slippery Jack

Suillus luteus

Seen 2026-08-12

pine jelly

Ulocolla saccharina

Seen 2026-08-12

long beech fern

Phegopteris connectilis

Seen 2026-07-05

Stone Bramble

Rubus saxatilis

Seen 2026-07-05

Twinflower

Linnaea borealis

Seen 2026-07-05

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).