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Haukipudas is a town and former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of
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: ...
and part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Its shore runs along the
Gulf of Bothnia The Gulf of Bothnia (; fi, Pohjanlahti; sv, Bottniska viken) is divided into the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast ( East Bothnia) and the Sweden's east coast (West ...
, with the river Kiiminkijoki running through the province. Along with Kiiminki, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities it was merged with the city of
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: ...
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 The Haukipudas Church is an evangelical Lutheran church in Haukipudas, Oulu. The church building has been designed by Matti Honka, an Ostrobothnian builder of churches in the 18th century. The church was completed in 1762. Major renovations were ...
, built in 1762. * Kiviniemi, a fishing village * Virpiniemi * Kurtinhaudan beach-forest * Halosenniemi * Haukiputaan homestead


Islands located off the Gulf of Bothnia

The following is a compilation of some of the islands of Haukipudas located just off the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia: Hanhikari, Hietakari, Hoikka-Hiue, Iso-Hiue, Iso-Miehikkä, Isonkivenletto, Kaasamatala (Hiuvet), Kattilankalla, Kellon Kraaseli, Kintasletto, Kotakari, Kriisinkivi, Kropsu, Laitakari, Lemmonletto, Länsiletto, Lönkytin, Mustakari, Mustakari (Martinniemi), Nimetön, Pallonen, Pensaskari, Pikku-Miehikkä, Pulkkisenmatala, Puukkoletto, Rapakari, Rivinletto (Kaasamatala), Santapankki, Satakarinletto, Ulko-Pallonen, Välikari, Ykskivi, Väliletto, Äijänkumpele.


Notable individuals

* Topias Topson Taavitsainen , E-sports player * Tytti Isohookana-Asunmaa, Minister and Member of Parliament ( Centre Party) *
Osmo Jussila Osmo Tapio Jussila (14 March 1938 in Haukipudas – 15 March 2019), was a Finnish historian. Jussila was 1980-83 assistant professor in political history at Helsinki University and professor 1983-2001. He had in his research treated foremost the ...
, political historian *
Merja Larivaara Merja Larivaara (born 4 July 1964 in Haukipudas, Finland) is a Finnish actress. Larivaara began her career in 1988 in Rengasmatka and has thirty or so appearances on film and television, often appearing on shows as herself. She starred in the 1 ...
, actor * Lea Laven, entertainer and singer *
Yrjö Murto Yrjö Aleksanteri Murto (24 August 1899 – 17 December 1963) was a Finnish communist politician and trade unionist. Born to a working-class family, Murto became a saw mill worker, and joined both the Finnish Woodworkers' Union and the Finnish ...
, Minister and Member of Parliament ( Finnish People's Democratic League) * Sakari Manninen, ice hockey player *
Sakari Pietilä Sakari Pietilä (born 21 June 1954) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. Pietilä was a SM-liiga head coach with HPK for the 1995–96 SM-liiga season and Jokerit for the 1997–98 SM-liiga season. He was the head coach of the Es ...
, ice hockey player *
Lasse Pirjetä Lasse Pirjetä (born April 4, 1974) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He represented several teams in the Finnish SM-liiga, Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien and the Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL. ...
, ice hockey player *
Samuli Pohjamo Samuli Pohjamo (born 4 April 1950) is a Finnish Centre Party of Finland, Centre Party politician and journalist, born in Oulu. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2004, and again from 19 April 2007. In the spr ...
, Member of the European Parliament * Jukka Poika, singer * Jukka Rasila, actor * Riitta-Liisa Roponen, cross-country skier *
Eero Tapio Eero Johannes "Erkka" Tapio (3 March 1941 – 17 December 2022) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland who won four medals at the world championships of 1965–69, including a gold medal in 1967. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer O ...
, Olympic wrestler *
Mirja Vehkaperä Mirja Tellervo Vehkaperä (born 6 April 1976) is a Finnish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2018 until 2019. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Par ...
, Member of Parliament ( Centre Party) *
Helena Benaouda Helena may refer to: People * Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer *Helena, mother of Constantine I Places Greece * Helena (island) Guyana * ...
, head of Muslim Council of Sweden


Haukipudas photo gallery

Image:Haukipudas.kuntakilpi.jpg, Municipal border sign Image:Haukipudas railway station.jpg, Haukipudas railway station Image:Kiiminki River railway bridge, Haukipudas, Finland.jpg, Kiiminki River railway bridge Image:Martinniemi sawmill 2006 04 30.JPG, Martinniemi sawmill Image:Haukipudas Church 2006 04 30.JPG, Haukipudas Church Image:Kiviniemi fishing village.jpg, Kiviniemi fishing village Image:Laitakari Haukipudas.jpg, Island of Laitakari Image:Kalimeenoja, Finland.jpg, Kalimeenoja creek Image:Haukipudas Church Vaivaisukko 2006 04 30-2.JPG, The wooden poorboy (vaivaisukko in Finnish) by the Belfry of Haukipudas Church. Image:Rivinletto Light.jpg, Rivinletto Light Image:Kurtinhauta harbour Haukipudas Finland 2008-05-10.jpg, Kurtinhauta fishing harbour Image:Laavu Rivinnokka.jpg, Finnish 'laavu'


References


External links

*
Municipality of Haukipudas
– Official website Municipalities of North Ostrobothnia Populated coastal places in Finland Populated places established in 1866 Former municipalities of Finland *Haukipudas 1866 establishments in the Russian Empire {{OuluProvince-geo-stub