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
North Ostrobothnia ( fi, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa; sv, Norra Österbotten) is a region of Finland. It borders the Finnish regions of Lapland, Kainuu, North Savo, Central Finland and Central Ostrobothnia, as well as the Russian Republic of Karelia. T ...
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
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 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.
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]
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 The Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland consisted of the Finnish participation in the Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 of the European Union.
The program was coordinated by a unit of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Fin ...
.
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
Topias Miikka Taavitsainen (born 14 April 1998), better known as Topson, is a Finnish professional ''Dota 2'' player. As a member of OG, he won The International 2018 and The International 2019.
Early life
Topias Miikka Taavitsainen was born in ...
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
Riitta-Liisa Roponen (née Lassila, born 6 May 1978) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 1998.
Career
She won a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Roponen also won two team sprint me ...
, 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, 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
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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
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