Kiiminki
| Kiiminki | ||
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| Former municipality | ||
| Kiimingin kunta | ||
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Kiiminki Church, built in 1760 | ||
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 Location of Kiiminki in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 65°08′N 025°46.5′E / 65.133°N 25.7750°ECoordinates: 65°08′N 025°46.5′E / 65.133°N 25.7750°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Northern Ostrobothnia | |
| Sub-region | Oulu sub-region | |
| Charter | 1867 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Jukka Weisell | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • Total | 339.00 km2 (130.89 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 12.18 km2 (4.70 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 326.82 km2 (126.19 sq mi) | |
| Population (31 December 2012)[2] | ||
| • Total | 13,320 | |
| • Density | 1,093.6/km2 (2,832/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Website | www.kiiminki.fi | |
Kiiminki (Swedish: Kiminge) was a municipality of Finland. Along with Haukipudas, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. Kiiminki municipality was part of the Oulu province in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 13,320 (31 December 2012)[2] and covered an area of 339.00 square kilometres (130.89 sq mi) of which 326.82 km2 (126.19 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1,093.6/km2 (2,832.4/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3]
Buildings and structures
There is a 326-metre tall guyed mast for FM- and TV broadcasting.
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
External links
Media related to Kiiminki at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Kiiminki – Official website
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