Halsua
# Halsua

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

It 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 $km^2$ (6.03 sq mi) is water. The population density is 2.52 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.5/sq mi).

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

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

## Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Halsua:

* Centre Party 53.7%
* True Finns 28.6%
* Christian Democrats 8.5%
* Social Democratic Party 4.5%
* National Coalition Party 2.2%
* Left Alliance 0.8%
* Green League 0.5%
* Swedish People's Party 0.4%
