Tervo
Tervo | ||
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Municipality | ||
Tervon kunta | ||
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Location of Tervo in Finland | ||
Coordinates: 62°57′20″N 026°45′20″E / 62.95556°N 26.75556°ECoordinates: 62°57′20″N 026°45′20″E / 62.95556°N 26.75556°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Northern Savonia | |
Sub-region | Inner Savonia sub-region | |
Charter | 1926 | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Olli-Pekka Salminen | |
Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
• Total | 494.23 km2 (190.82 sq mi) | |
• Land | 347.71 km2 (134.25 sq mi) | |
• Water | 146.52 km2 (56.57 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 235th largest in Finland | |
Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
• Total | 1,636 | |
• Rank | 302nd largest in Finland | |
• Density | 4.71/km2 (12.2/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 99.1% (official) | |
• Others | 0.9% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 11.5% | |
• 15 to 64 | 61.4% | |
• 65 or older | 27.1% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% | |
Website | www.tervo.fi |
Tervo is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,636 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 494.23 square kilometres (190.82 sq mi) of which 146.52 km2 (56.57 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.71 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.2/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Keitele, Kuopio, Maaninka, Pielavesi, Rautalampi, Suonenjoki and Vesanto. 30% of area is covered by water. There is summer cottages as much as households.
Marco Hietala, the bass player for Nightwish is from Tervo.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
Media related to Tervo at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Tervo – Official website
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