Ylivieska | |
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| VR station | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Asemakatu 11, 84100 Ylivieska |
| Coordinates | 64°04′19″N024°32′24″E / 64.07194°N 24.54000°E |
| Owned by | Finnish Transport Agency |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | ground station |
| History | |
| Opened | 1886 |
| Passengers | |
| 200,000 [1] | |
Ylivieska railway station is located in the town of Ylivieska in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. The station building was completed in 1886.
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Ylivieska is a town and municipality of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. It has a population of 15,340, and it serves as the administrative centre for Kalajokilaakso and Pyhäjokilaakso, an area with a population of about 90,000 inhabitants. Ylivieska is also the commercial center of the Oulu South region, the southern part of the late Oulu province.
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The 30 municipalities of the region of North Ostrobothnia in Finland are divided on seven sub-regions.
Oulainen is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region, 101 kilometres (63 mi) south of the city of Oulu. The municipality has a population of 6,955 (30 September 2023) and covers an area of 597.53 square kilometres (230.71 sq mi) of which 10.01 km2 (3.86 sq mi) is water. The population density is 11.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.6/sq mi). Oulainen is founded in 1865, and it received township rights in 1977.
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Ylivieska Airfield is an aerodrome located in Vähäkangas, Ylivieska, Finland, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) east-southeast of Ylivieska town centre.
FC YPA is a Finnish football club from the town of Ylivieska. FC YPA was formed in 1998. The club is currently playing in the Kakkonen, the third tier of the Finnish league system. FC YPA play their home matches at Safari.
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Riihimäki–Tampere railway is a railway running between the Riihimäki railway station and the Tampere railway station in Finland, and it is part of the Finnish Main Line. The line between Riihimäki and Hämeenlinna was opened in 1862 as a part of the Finland's first railway between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, and the line between Riihimäki and Tampere in 1876.
Kärkkäinen is a department store chain in Ylivieska, Finland. It was established in 1988. In 2016, it was the fourth largest discount store chain in Finland after Tokmanni, HalpaHalli and Motonet. In addition to Ylivieska, the company has also stores in Oulu, Ii, Lahti and Jyväskylä, and it also own an online store. The company's founder and CEO is Juha Kärkkäinen.
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Kalevi Kustaa Mattila was a Finnish politician. A member of the Centre Party, he served in the Parliament from 1975 to 1995.
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