Pello

Pello
Municipality
Pellon kunta
Pello kommun

Coat of arms

Location of Pello in Finland
Coordinates: 66°46.5′N 023°58′E / 66.7750°N 23.967°E / 66.7750; 23.967Coordinates: 66°46.5′N 023°58′E / 66.7750°N 23.967°E / 66.7750; 23.967
Country  Finland
Region Lapland
Sub-region Tornio Valley sub-region
Charter 1867
Government
 • Municipal manager Sami Baas
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,864.66 km2 (719.95 sq mi)
 • Land 1,737.57 km2 (670.88 sq mi)
 • Water 126.12 km2 (48.70 sq mi)
Area rank 35th largest in Finland
Elevation 64 m (210 ft)
Population (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 3,465
 • Rank 210th largest in Finland
 • Density 1.99/km2 (5.2/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.3% (official)
 • Swedish 0.2%
 • Sami 0.1%
 • Others 0.4%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 11.6%
 • 15 to 64 61.4%
 • 65 or older 27%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20.25%
Website www.pello.fi

Pello (formerly Turtola) is a municipality of Finland.

Geography

It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the Arctic Circle in the western part of the province of Lapland, and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality is on the national border with Sweden, by the Tornionjoki-river. The municipality has a population of 3,465 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 1,864.66 square kilometres (719.95 sq mi) of which 126.12 km2 (48.70 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.2/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish, according to the legal definition in Finland.

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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