Tervola
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Tervola | |
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Municipality | |
| Tervolan kunta Tervola kommun | |
 Tervola Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tervola in Finland | |
| Coordinates:66°05′20″N024°48′40″E/ 66.08889°N 24.81111°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Lapland |
| Sub-region | Kemi–Tornio |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Mika Simoska |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,592.03 km2(614.69 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,559.72 km2(602.21 sq mi) |
| • Water | 32.66 km2(12.61 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 41st largestin Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,831 |
| • Rank | 223rd largestin Finland |
| • Density | 1.82/km2(4.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| •Finnish | 97.3% (official) |
| •Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 2.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.9% |
| • 65 or older | 29.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00(EEST) |
| Website | tervola |
Tervolais amunicipalityofFinland.
It is located in theprovinceofLapland, Finland.The municipality has a population of 2,831 (31 December 2023)[2]and covers an area of 1,592.03 square kilometres (614.69 sq mi) of which 32.66 km2(12.61 sq mi) is water.[1]Thepopulation densityis 1.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities areKeminmaa,Ranua,Rovaniemi,Simo,TornioandYlitornio.
The municipality is unilinguallyFinnish.
History[edit]
Tervola is named after its first Finnish settler, aSavoniannamed Olli Paavonpoika Tervonen, mentioned on a tax list from the year 1579. The part of the Kemijoki betweenPaakkolaandRovaniemiwas essentially uninhabited before his family's arrival.
The area was originally subordinate toKemi,becoming a chapel community in 1627 under the nameLapinniemi,while the settlement nameTervolawas first mentioned in 1796. Tervola became an independent parish in 1860.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ab"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018"(PDF).National Land Survey of Finland.Retrieved30 January2018.
- ^ab"Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years".Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26.ISSN1797-5395.Retrieved2024-04-29.
- ^"Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years".Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26.ISSN1797-5395.Retrieved2024-04-29.
- ^"Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020".StatFin.Statistics Finland.Retrieved2 May2021.
- ^ab"Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023".Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022.Retrieved7 May2023.
- ^"SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf"(PDF).kaino.kotus.fi(in Finnish). p. 455.RetrievedOctober 2,2022.
External links[edit]
Media related toTervolaat Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Tervola– Official website(in Finnish)
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