Editing Kalajoki (section)

{{about|the town in Finland|the river|Kalajoki River}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Kalajoki
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Kalajoen kaupunki}}<br />{{lang|sv|Kalajoki stad}}
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Kalajoki kaupungintalo.jpg
| image_caption = Kalajoki Town Hall
| image_shield = Himanka.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size = 120x80px
| image_map = Kalajoki_sijainti_Suomi.svg
| map_caption = Location of Kalajoki in Finland
|coordinates = {{coord|64|16|N|023|57|E|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[North Ostrobothnia]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ylivieska sub-region|Ylivieska]]
| leader_title = [[Town manager]]
| leader_name = Jukka Puoskari
| established_title = [[Charter]]
| established_date = 1865
| established_title2 = [[Town privileges]]
| established_date2 = 2002
|area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Kalajoki}}
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|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Kalajoki}}
|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Kalajoki}}
|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset = +02:00
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +03:00
| website = [http://www.kalajoki.fi/ www.kalajoki.fi]
}}
'''Kalajoki''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈkɑlɑˌjoki}}; literally translated the "fish river") is a coastal [[List of cities and towns in Finland|town]] and [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the [[Gulf of Bothnia]] in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Oulu (province)|Oulu]] and is part of the [[Northern Ostrobothnia]] [[regions of Finland|region]].

The town has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kalajoki}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count"/><!-- defined by template:Infobox Finnish municipality --> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Kalajoki}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Kalajoki}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Kalajoki|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].