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Haapavesi
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Haapavesi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 7,818 and covers an area of 1,085.79 km² of which 38.14 km² is water. The population density is 7.2 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The town of 8 000 people is most known of the Haapavesi Folk Music Festival, which gathers fantastic folkmusicians together from all over the world. Haapavesi is also known for its great skiiers and even better moonshine.
In this town there are two well known bars, Marjuska and Tähtipyörä.
Haapavesi has got a big roundabout in the centre of the village.
Haapaveden opisto The school is situated quite in the centre of Haapavesi. A wide variety of leisure time opportunities as well as services are offered in the neighbourhood of the Folk High School. On the other hand, you can also find nature, silence and friendliness here.
The Folk High School is an ideologically independent boarding school. Its cosy and modern facilities offer an ideal setting for studies, meals and accommodation.
Haapavesi Folk High School is one of the eleven folk high schools cooperating in the HUMAK University of Applied Sciences. HUMAK offers education and training in the fields of Civic and youth work, Cultural management and production as well as Sign language interpreter. In Haapavesi Unit of HUMAK the focus is on civic and youth work.
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