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Tervola | |
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Municipality | |
Tervolan kunta Tervola kommun | |
Coordinates: 66°05′20″N024°48′40″E / 66.08889°N 24.81111°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Lapland |
Sub-region | Kemi–Tornio |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Mika Simoska |
Area (2018-01-01) [1] | |
• Total | 1,592.03 km2 (614.69 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,559.72 km2 (602.21 sq mi) |
• Water | 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) |
• Rank | 41st largest in Finland |
Population (2023-09-30) [2] | |
• Total | 2,854 |
• Rank | 223rd largest in Finland |
• Density | 1.83/km2 (4.7/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | |
• Swedish | |
• Others | |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | |
• 15 to 64 | |
• 65 or older | |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | tervola |
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).
Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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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