Pudasjärvi

Pudasjärvi is a town and a municipality of Finland.

Pudasjärvi
Town
Pudasjärven kaupunki
Pudasjärvi stad
Coat of arms
Location of Pudasjärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 65°21.5′N 027°00′E
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionOulu Arc sub-region
Established1865
City rights2004
Government
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total5,867.23 km2 (2,265.35 sq mi)
 • Land5,638.57 km2 (2,177.06 sq mi)
 • Water228.67 km2 (88.29 sq mi)
Area rank8th largest in Finland
Population
 (2019-01-31)[2]
 • Total7,988
 • Rank124th largest in Finland
 • Density1.42/km2 (3.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.5% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others0.3%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1417.3%
 • 15 to 6460.9%
 • 65 or older21.8%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]20.5%
Websitewww.pudasjarvi.fi

It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The city has a population of 7,988 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 5,867.23 square kilometres (2,265.35 sq mi) of which 228.67 km2 (88.29 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.42 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.7/sq mi).[1] Pudasjärvi is by area the second largest town in Finland (as of 2006, Rovaniemi is the largest) and one of the largest in the world.

Pudasjärvi is famed for its nature, and is the home of the southernmost fell area in Finland, Syöte.

The oldest dated rock formations within the European Union can be found in Siuruankylä, Pudasjärvi. The trondhjemite gneiss is aged 3,500 million years.[6]

Two famous Finnish melodic death metal bands, Kalmah and Eternal Tears of Sorrow have been formed in Pudasjärvi.

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Pudasjärvi:

See also

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  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.
  6. Geological Survey of Finland annual report 2003 Archived 2006-07-23 at the Wayback Machine

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