Tervola
Tervola | ||
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Municipality | ||
Tervolan kunta | ||
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 (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 3,168 | |
• Rank | 233rd largest in Finland | |
• Density | 2.03/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 3,168 (31 March 2016)[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 2.03 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 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "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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