Piippola is a village and a former municipality of Finland.

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Piippola
Village, former municipality
Piippolan kunta Piippola kommun
Monument in Piippola, Finland, marking "The Center of Finland", erected in 1958
Coat of arms
Location of Piippola in Finland
Coordinates: 64°10′40″N 25°57′55″E
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Siikalatva sub-region
Charter	1865
Consolidated	2009
Area [1]
• Total	464.98 km2 (179.53 sq mi)
• Land	455.7 km2 (175.9 sq mi)
• Water	9.28 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population  (2015-12-31)[2]
• Total	550
• Density	1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village has a population of 550 (31 December 2015).[2] The former municipality covered an area of 464.98 km² (179.53 sq mi) of which 9.28 km² (3.58 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density was 2.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.1/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The municipality was consolidated with Kestilä, Pulkkila and Rantsila on 1 January 2009 to form a new municipality of Siikalatva.[3]

References

External links

Media related to Piippola at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Piippola– official site
• Municipality of Siikalatva – official site

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