Oulunsalo Explained

Oulunsalo
Official Name:Finnish: Oulunsalon kunta
Swedish: Oulunsalo kommun
Settlement Type:Former municipality
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Northern Ostrobothnia
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Oulu sub-region
Leader Title:Municipal manager
Leader Name:Sirkka Ylitervo
Established Title:Charter
Established Date:1882
Extinct Title:Merged
Extinct Date:2013
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:211.22
Area Land Km2:83.36
Area Water Km2:127.86
Population As Of:2012-12-31
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:9746
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Info1:%
Demographics1 Info2:%
Demographics1 Info3:%
Demographics1 Info4:%
Demographics2 Title1:0 to 14
Demographics2 Info1:%
Demographics2 Title2:15 to 64
Demographics2 Info2:%
Demographics2 Title3:65 or older
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Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:64.9333°N 50°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:www.oulunsalo.fi

Oulunsalo (former Swedish: Uleåsalo, now considered outdated by the Institute for the Languages of Finland)[3] is former municipality in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It was founded in 1882 and merged into the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013, along with Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Yli-Ii. The municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of, of which 127.86km2 is water. Its population density was .

Oulu Airport is located in Oulunsalo.

Oulunsalo was one of the fastest-growing areas in Finland, among the other municipalities around Oulu.

The locality is unilingually Finnish.[4]

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Oulunsalo:

Friendship cities

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011 . 9 March 2011 . Land Survey of Finland . PDF . fi, sv.
  2. Web site: VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.12.2012. Population Register Center of Finland. fi, sv. 16 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131003192016/http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0. 3 October 2013.
  3. Web site: Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus . 16 May 2009 . 14 January 2009 . Research Institute for the Languages of Finland . fi . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111223065114/http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=461 . 23 December 2011 .
  4. Web site: Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008 . 29 March 2009 . Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases . Statistics Finland .