Tervola is a municipality of Finland.
Tervola | |
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Municipality | |
Tervolan kunta Tervola kommun | |
![]() Tervola Church | |
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![]() Location of Tervola in Finland | |
Coordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E | |
Country | ![]() |
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 | 1,561.72 km2 (602.98 sq mi) |
• Water | 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) |
• Rank | 41st largest in Finland |
Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,882 |
• Rank | 225th largest in Finland |
• Density | 1.85/km2 (4.8/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 99.5% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 0.5% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 15.4% |
• 15 to 64 | 54.9% |
• 65 or older | 29.6% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% |
Website | www.tervola.fi |
It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,882 (31 December 2021)[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 1.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.8/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.[6]
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