Tervola

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Tervola
Municipality
Tervolan kunta
Tervola kommun
Tervola Church newer.jpg
Tervola Church
Tervola.vaakuna.svg
Tervola sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Tervola in Finland
Coordinates: 66°05′20″N024°48′40″E / 66.08889°N 24.81111°E / 66.08889; 24.81111
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region Lapland
Sub-region Kemi–Tornio
Government
  Municipal managerMika Simoska
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
  Total1,592.03 km2 (614.69 sq mi)
  Land1,559.72 km2 (602.21 sq mi)
  Water32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi)
  Rank 41st largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30) [2]
  Total2,854
  Rank 223rd largest in Finland
  Density1.83/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
   Finnish 96.9% (official)
   Swedish 0.1%
  Others3%
Population by age
[4]
  0 to 1415.4%
  15 to 6454.9%
  65 or older29.6%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website tervola.fi

Tervola is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,854 (30 September 2023) [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 1.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi).

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

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Tervola is named after its first Finnish settler, a Savonian named Olli Paavonpoika Tervonen, mentioned on a tax list from the year 1579. The part of the Kemijoki between Paakkola and Rovaniemi was essentially uninhabited before his family's arrival.

The area was originally subordinate to Kemi, becoming a chapel community in 1627 under the name Lapinniemi, while the settlement name Tervola was first mentioned in 1796. Tervola became an independent parish in 1860. [5]

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