Saloinen is a former municipality of

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. It was a part of the

Oulu Province The Province of Oulu ( fi, Oulun lääni, sv, Uleåborgs län) was a province of Finland from 1775 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Lapland, Western Finland and Eastern Finland and also the Gulf of Bothnia and Russia. History ''For Histo ...

, but now located in the region of

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. It was consolidated with the town of

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in 1973. It bordered Raahe,

Pyhäjoki Pyhäjoki (; literally the "Holy River") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the defunct province of Oulu, which was split in two regions; Pyhäjoki is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. It is located southwest of the city of O ...

and

Pattijoki Pattijoki is a settlement and former municipality in Finland. It was a part of the Oulu Province, but now located in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia. It was consolidated with the town of Raahe in 2003. It bordered Raahe, Siikajoki, Vihant ...

Villages

Saloinen consists of the following land register villages: *Saloinen (Salonkylä) *Savolahti *Palo *Piehinki

History

Saloinen has existed at least since the 1320s as ''Salo''. It was originally subordinate to the

Pedersöre Pedersöre ( fi, Pedersören kunta, before 1989 ) is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Bennäs. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers a ...

parish. The word ''salo'' in this context refers to an island, as the central area was originally located on an island, later joining the mainland due to

post-glacial rebound Post-glacial rebound (also called isostatic rebound or crustal rebound) is the rise of land masses after the removal of the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, which had caused isostatic depression. Post-glacial rebound ...

. Salo became a separate parish in 1407. It differs from other old northern Ostrobothnian parishes in the sense that it was not formed on a river valley. The administrative unit corresponding to the parish was originally known as ''Ranta'', or ''Strand'' in Swedish. This administrative unit also included

Kalajoki Kalajoki (; literally translated the "fish river") is a coastal town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Gulf of Bothnia in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has ...

, Ii and

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, until the 16th century it also included Kemi.

Hailuoto Hailuoto (; sv, Karlö) is a Finnish island in the northern Baltic Sea and a municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Hailuoto is (), which make it the smallest municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia and the former Oulu P ...

was a part of the Salo parish until 1573, while

Siikajoki Siikajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the North Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbour municipalities are Hailuoto, Liminka, Lu ...

was a part of Salo until 1689. In 1649, Per Brahe established the ''town of Salo''. Brahe purchased the Salo parish in 1652 and renamed the town to ''Brahestad'' (

) after himself. The municipal system (separation of administrative and religious units) was implemented in 1865, and the Salo parish became two municipalities: ''Salon kappeliseurakunta'' or modern Saloinen and ''Salon emäseurakunta'' or

. Both municipalities were called ''Salo'' for short, which caused confusion not only between the two, but also with

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. ...

(which was sometimes called ''Salo'' by the locals) and the more distant

Salo Salo or Salò may refer to: Places Finland *Salo, Finland, a town in Western Finland ** Salo sub-region, a subdivision of Finland Proper and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009 *An old name of Saloinen, a former municipality in Ostrobot ...

Finland Proper Southwest Finland, calqued as Finland Proper ( fi, Varsinais-Suomi ; sv, Egentliga Finland), is a region in the southwest of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regi ...

. Salon kappeliseurakunta was renamed ''Saloinen'' in 1913. Salon emäseurakunta was still called ''Salo Ol'' until 1920, when it was renamed ''Pattijoki''. Saloinen was consolidated with Raahe in 1973.

Notable residents

*Ljungo Thomae, pastor, translated laws into Finnish *

Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg (15 July 1811 – 19 August 1893) was a Finnish Lutheran priest and vicar. He was a Neo-Lutheran theologian, a prominent figure in the Finnish evangelical revival movement and a leader of confessional Lutheranism in Finland ...

, priest and founder of an evangelical revival movement *Eeva Inkeri Kerola, politician * Antti Kinnunen, politician *Martti Albert Levón, engineer and professor

Economy

Mining

Gold was found in the area in the 80s. The Laivakangas mine was established in 2011.

References

{{NorthernOstrobothnia Raahe Mining towns in Finland Former municipalities of Finland