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Puolanka (Swedish: Puolanka, also Puolango) is a municipality in Finland located in the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 2,447 (31 December 2021)[2] and covers an area of 2,598.68 square kilometres (1,003.36 sq mi) of which 137.3 km2 (53.0 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 0.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.6/sq mi).

Puolanka
Municipality
Puolangan kunta
Puolanka kommun
Puolanka Church
Coat of arms
Location of Puolanka in Finland
Coordinates: 64°52′05″N 027°40′15″E
Country Finland
RegionKainuu
Sub-regionKehys-Kainuu
Government
 • MayorHarri Peltola
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total2,598.68 km2 (1,003.36 sq mi)
 • Land2,461.45 km2 (950.37 sq mi)
 • Water137.3 km2 (53.0 sq mi)
 • Rank24th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,447
 • Rank241st largest in Finland
 • Density0.99/km2 (2.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.2% (official)
 • Others0.8%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 149.1%
 • 15 to 6451.5%
 • 65 or older39.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21.5%
Websitewww.puolanka.fi

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


History


The first permanent settlers in Puolanka came in the 1550s.[6]

The municipality of Puolanka was established in the year of 1867. In that same year the Puolanka parish became independent from the Hyrynsalmi church to which it had previously belonged to administratively. The municipal council of Puolanka was formed in the year of 1916.[6]

At its peak Puolanka had a population of about 7,520 in 1960. Towards the end of the 1960s, however, Puolanka's population began to decline, alike other municipalities within Kainuu.[6]


Geography


The highest waterfall in Finland, the 24-metre-high (79 ft) Hepoköngäs, is located 16 kilometres (10 mi) from the center of Puolanka.


Villages


Villages within Puolanka are as follows:


Notable individuals





References


  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "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.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. "Historia". www.puolanka.fi. Retrieved 2016-07-14.


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На других языках

- [en] Puolanka

[ru] Пуоланка

Пуоланка (фин. Puolanka, швед. Puolango) — община в Финляндии, в провинции Кайнуу. Население составляет 2998 человек (на 31 января 2012 года)[1]; площадь — 2598,75 км², из них 137,3 км² занимают водные объекты. Плотность населения — 1,22 чел/км². Официальный язык — финский (родной для 99,3 % населения).


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