Tervola
Tervola is a municipality of Finland.
Tervola | |
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Municipality | |
| Tervolan kunta Tervola kommun | |
 Tervola Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tervola in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″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 | 1,561.72 km2 (602.98 sq mi) |
| • Water | 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 41st largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,882 |
| • Rank | 225th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.85/km2 (4.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 0.5% |
| 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) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% |
| Website | www.tervola.fi |
It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,882 (31 December 2021)[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] The population density is 1.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.8/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- "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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links
Media related to Tervola at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Tervola – Official website (in Finnish)
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