Tervola

Tervola
Municipality
Tervolan kunta
Tervola kommun
Tervola Church

Coat of arms

Location of Tervola in Finland
Coordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E / 66.08889°N 24.81111°E / 66.08889; 24.81111Coordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E / 66.08889°N 24.81111°E / 66.08889; 24.81111
Country  Finland
Region Lapland
Sub-region Kemi–Tornio sub-region
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)
Area rank 41st largest in Finland
Population (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 3,049
 • Rank 224th largest in Finland
 • Density 1.95/km2 (5.1/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 UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
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 3,049 (31 August 2018)[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 1.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.1/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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