Kiiminki

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Kiiminki
Former municipality
Kiimingin kunta
Kiminge kommun
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Kiiminki Church, built in 1760
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Location of Kiiminki in Finland
Coordinates: 65°08′N025°46.5′E / 65.133°N 25.7750°E / 65.133; 25.7750 Coordinates: 65°08′N025°46.5′E / 65.133°N 25.7750°E / 65.133; 25.7750
Country Finland
Region Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Oulu sub-region
Charter 1867
Government
  Municipal managerJukka Weisell
Area
[1]
  Total339.00 km2 (130.89 sq mi)
  Land12.18 km2 (4.70 sq mi)
  Water326.82 km2 (126.19 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2012) [2]
  Total13,320
  Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Website www.kiiminki.fi

Kiiminki (Swedish : Kiminge) was a municipality of Finland. Along with Haukipudas, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. Kiiminki municipality was part of the Oulu province in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 13,320 (31 December 2012) [2] and covered an area of 339.00 square kilometres (130.89 sq mi) of which 326.82 km2 (126.19 sq mi) is water. [1] The population density is

Contents

The municipality was unilingually Finnish. [3]

Buildings and structures

There is a 326-metre tall guyed mast for FM- and TV broadcasting.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  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.[ permanent dead link ]