|
Martinniemi
Martinniemi is a district of Oulu, Finland. Together with Haukipudas and Jokikylä districts, it forms the Haukipudas area. Martinniemi is located in north of the river delta of the Kiiminkijoki river. It is bounded by the Bothnian Bay in the west, the Jokikylä district in the east, the Ii municipality in the north and the Kiiminkijoki river and the Haukipudas district in the south. The district was established in 2013 when the Haukipudas municipality together with Kiiminki Kiiminki ( sv, Kiminge) was a municipality of Finland. Along with Haukipudas, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. Kiiminki municipality was part of the Oulu province in the Northern Ostrobo ..., Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities were merged with the city of Oulu. References External links {{coord, 65.2125, N, 25.3097, E, source:wikidata, display=title Districts of Oulu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haukipudas
Haukipudas is a town and former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Its shore runs along the Gulf of Bothnia, with the river Kiiminkijoki running through the province. Along with Kiiminki, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. The municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality was unilingually Finnish. There were 16 villages in Haukipudas: Kirkonkylä, Santaholma, Ukonkaivos, Martinniemi, Asemakylä, Onkamo, Halosenniemi, Holstinmäki, Häyrysenniemi, Jokikylä, Kalimeenkylä, Kello, Kiviniemi, Parkumäki, Takkuranta and Virpiniemi. The educational department took part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland. Local sights * The Haukipudas Church, built in 1762. * Kiviniemi, a fishing village * Virpiniemi * Kurtinhaudan beach-forest * H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haukipudas (district)
Haukipudas is a district of Oulu, Finland. Together with Jokikylä and Martinniemi districts, it forms the Haukipudas area. Haukipudas is located in the river delta of the Kiiminkijoki river. It is bounded by the Bothnian Bay in the west, National road 4 in the east, Martinniemi district in the north and Kello district in the south. The district was established in 2013 when the Haukipudas municipality together with Kiiminki, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii Yli-Ii ( sv, Överijo) was a municipality of Finland. It was located in the province of Oulu and was part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Alongside Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Oulunsalo municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 Jan ... municipalities were merged with the city of Oulu. References External links {{coord, 65.1764, N, 25.3531, E, source:wikidata, display=title Districts of Oulu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere and Vantaa, and the fourth largest urban area in the country after Helsinki, Tampere and Turku. Oulu's neighbouring municipalities are: Hailuoto, Ii, Kempele, Liminka, Lumijoki, Muhos, Pudasjärvi, Tyrnävä and Utajärvi. Due to its large population and geopolitically economic and cultural-historical location, Oulu has been called the "capital of Northern Finland". Oulu is also considered one of Europe's "living labs", where residents experiment with new technology (such as NFC tags and ubi-screens) on a community-wide scale. Despite only ranking in the top 2% universities, the University of Oulu is regionally known in the field of information technology. Oulu has also been very successful in recent urban ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal Codes In Finland ...
Finland has used five-digit numeric postal codes since the 1970s. The first and second digits designate the general area of the municipality of the address, while the last three designate a smaller region within that larger area. The numeric postal code is usually accompanied by a written name for the smaller region. Corporations receiving large amounts of mail may have their own postal codes, also consisting of a five-digit numeric code and the name of the company. A special postal code 99999 is used for the residence of the Finnish Joulupukki, Korvatunturi. Notes References * {{Finland-stub Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jokikylä (Oulu)
Jokikylä is a district and a small village of the city of Oulu, Haukipudas, Finland, with approximately 100 residents. The Laestadianism, a conservative Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ... movement, is strongly represented in Jokikylä. The nearest shops are away. There is a little school with classes 0–2 in Jokikylä. References Villages in Finland Districts of Oulu {{OuluProvince-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiiminkijoki
Kiiminkijoki ( sv, Kiminge älv) is a river of Finland in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia. It flows for into the Gulf of Bothnia. Among the most impressive rapids on the river are Kalliuskoski in Puolanka, Kurimonkoski in Utajärvi, and Koitelinkoski in Kiiminki, Oulu. See also *List of rivers in Finland This is a list of rivers of Finland. Listing begins with rivers flowing into the Baltic sea, from the north, that is from the Swedish border. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction. Water flows from Finland directly to the B ... References External links Rivers of Finland Puolanka Drainage basins of the Baltic Sea {{Finland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bothnian Bay
The Bothnian Bay or Bay of Bothnia (; ) is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Bothnia, which is in turn the northern part of the Baltic Sea. The land holding the bay is still rising after the weight of ice-age glaciers has been removed, and within 2,000 years the bay will be a large freshwater lake since its link to the south Kvarken is mostly less than deep. The bay today is fed by several large rivers, and is relatively unaffected by tides, so has low salinity. It freezes each year for up to six months. Compared to other parts of the Baltic it has little plant or animal life. Extent The bay is divided from the Bothnian Sea, the southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia, by the Northern Quark (Kvarken) strait. The Northern Quark has a greatest depth of , with two ridges that are just deep. It lies between a group of islands off Vaasa in Finland and another group at Holmöarna in Sweden. The bay is bounded by Finland to the east and Sweden to the west. The bay is asymmetric, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ii, Finland
Ii (; sv, Ijo) is a municipality of Finland. It is situated by the Bothnian Bay, at the mouth of river Iijoki, and it is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Ii merged with Kuivaniemi on 1 January 2007. The new municipality retained the name Ii, but adopted the coat of arms of Kuivaniemi. Ii is notable for having the shortest place name in Finland, and also one of the shortest ones in the world. The etymology is not definitively established; options are either Germanic origin or Sami origin. In the latter, it would mean "a place to stay overnight in"; cf. Northern Sami ''idja'' "night". Beginning in 2008, Ii is home to the ART Ii Biennale of Northern Environmental and Sculpture Art, an international art fair. The city has ambition to become the first zero waste town in the world, and its municipal manager claims that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiiminki
Kiiminki ( sv, Kiminge) was a municipality of Finland. Along with Haukipudas, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. Kiiminki municipality was part of the Oulu province in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality was unilingually Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also .... Buildings and structures There is a 326-metre tall guyed mast for FM- and TV broadcasting. References External links *Municipality of Kiiminki– Official website Municipalities of North Ostrobothnia Populated places established in 1867 Former municipalities of Finland *Kiiminki {{Oulu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulunsalo
Oulunsalo ( sv, Oulunsalo, also formerly ) is former municipality in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. Along with Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Yli-Ii it lost its municipal status and was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. The municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of , of which is water. The population density is . The municipality was founded in 1882. Oulu Airport is located in Oulunsalo. Oulunsalo was one of the fastest-growing areas in Finland, among the other municipalities around Oulu. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The municipality had also been known as ' in Swedish. The Swedish name is now considered outdated, according to the Institute for the Languages of Finland. Politics Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Oulunsalo: * Centre Party 33.1% *True Finns 21.4% *National Coalition Party 15.9% * Left Alliance 10.9% *Social Democratic Party 8.9% *Green League 6.4% *Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yli-Ii
Yli-Ii ( sv, Överijo) was a municipality of Finland. It was located in the province of Oulu and was part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Alongside Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Oulunsalo municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. The municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of of which is water. The population density was . The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Yli-Ii is probably best known from a pre-historical museum called Kierikki Kierikki is an area located in Yli-Ii by the Ii River in Finland. It is about ten kilometres southeast and towards Pudasjärvi from Yli-Ii's centre. Kierikki is also a surname in Finland which has come to be used after the Ii River’s rapid na ...keskus. References External links Municipality of Yli-Ii– Official site Municipalities of North Ostrobothnia Populated places established in 1924 Former municipalities of Finland *Yli-Ii 1924 establishments in Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
