Tervola
| Tervola | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Tervolan kunta | ||
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Tervola Church | ||
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 Location of Tervola in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E / 66.08889°N 24.81111°ECoordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E / 66.08889°N 24.81111°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Lapland | |
| Sub-region | Kemi–Tornio sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Mika Simoska | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,594.38 km2 (615.59 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,561.72 km2 (602.98 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 62nd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 3,223 | |
| • Rank | 233rd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 2.06/km2 (5.3/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.5% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 0.5% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 16.5% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 57.7% | |
| • 65 or older | 25.9% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Website | www.tervola.fi | |
Tervola is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 3,223 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 1,594.38 square kilometres (615.59 sq mi) of which 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.06 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.3/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.
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 Tervola at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Tervola – Official website (Finnish)
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