Järviseutu

Järviseutu  is a subdivision of Southern Ostrobothnia and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009.

Changes
Three changes happened to this sub-region on January 1, 2009:
 * Kortesjärvi left the sub-region as it was consolidated with Kauhava.
 * Lehtimäki, formerly a part of the Kuusiokunnat sub-region, was consolidated with Alajärvi.
 * Soini joined the sub-region.

Dialects
The dialects of the municipalities in the sub-region are very similar to each other. They are considered Savonian dialects, however they lack many characteristic features associated with Savonian speech. These dialects are fairly similar to standard Finnish. A similar dialect is also used in Ähtäri, Keuruu and Pihlajavesi.

Politics
Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:


 * Sauli Niinistö  56.8%
 * Matti Vanhanen  15.1%
 * Paavo Väyrynen  13.0%
 * Laura Huhtasaari  9.1%
 * Pekka Haavisto  2.7%
 * Merja Kyllönen  1.6%
 * Tuula Haatainen  1.5%
 * Nils Torvalds  0.2%