Lumijoki

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Lumijoki
Municipality
Lumijoen kunta
Lumijoki kommun
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Coat of arms
Lumijoki sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Lumijoki in Finland
Coordinates: 64°50.2′N025°11.2′E / 64.8367°N 25.1867°E / 64.8367; 25.1867
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region North Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Oulu
Charter 1867
Government
 • Municipal managerPaula Karsi-Ruokolainen
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
 • Total290.29 km2 (112.08 sq mi)
 • Land214.12 km2 (82.67 sq mi)
 • Water77.1 km2 (29.8 sq mi)
 • Rank 259th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31) [2]
 • Total2,033
 • Rank 257th largest in Finland
 • Density9.49/km2 (24.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 •  Finnish 95.3% (official)
 •  Swedish 0.2%
 • Others4.5%
Population by age
[3]
 • 0 to 1427%
 • 15 to 6454.4%
 • 65 or older18.6%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website www.lumijoki.fi

Lumijoki is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,033 (31 December 2023) [2] and covers an area of 290.29 square kilometres (112.08 sq mi) of which 77.1 km2 (29.8 sq mi) is water. [1] The population density is 9.49 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.6/sq mi).

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Neighbouring municipalities are Hailuoto, Liminka, Oulu and Siikajoki.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. [4]

History

Lumijoki literally means "snow river", most likely through Lumijärvi, the lake from which the river Lumijoki once began from. Toponyms with the word lumi usually refer to areas where the snow stays for longer than in nearby areas. The village was first mentioned in 1548, when it was a part of the Liminka parish. It gained chapel rights in 1640, eventually becoming an independent parish and municipality in 1867. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ http://www.stat.fi/meta/luokitukset/kielisuhde/001-2012/luokitusavain_teksti.txt%5B%5D
  5. ↑ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 245. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

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