Halsua (Swedish: Halso) is a municipality of Finland.

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Halsua Halso
Municipality
Halsuan kunta Halso kommun
Halsua municipal office
Coat of arms
Location of Halsua in Finland
Coordinates: 63°27.8′N 024°10′E
Country	Finland
Region	Central Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Kaustinen sub-region
Charter	1868
Government
• Municipal manager	Kalevi Lindfors
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	428.34 km2 (165.38 sq mi)
• Land	413.01 km2 (159.46 sq mi)
• Water	15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi)
• Rank	201st largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,013
• Rank	293rd largest in Finland
• Density	2.45/km2 (6.3/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	95.2% (official)
• Swedish	0.6%
• Others	4.3%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	13.3%
• 15 to 64	52%
• 65 or older	34.6%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.halsua.fi

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Halsua is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of about 1200 in 2019's and covers an area of 428.34 square kilometres (165.38 sq mi) of which 15.63 km² (6.03 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 2.45 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.3/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Kaustinen, Kokkola, Lestijärvi, Perho and Veteli.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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