Vuolijoki is a former municipality in

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 ...

. The municipality was consolidated with the city of

Kajaani Kajaani (; sv, Kajana) is the most populous town and the capital of the Kainuu Region of Finland. It is located southeast of Lake Oulu (Oulujärvi), which drains into the Gulf of Bothnia through the Oulu River (Oulujoki). As of , it had a pop ...

in the beginning of year 2007. Vuolijoki was located in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

of Oulu on the shores of Lake Oulujärvi, and was part of the Kainuu

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. In 2004 the municipality had a population of 2,643 and covered an area of 895.20 km² of which 203.05 km² was water. The

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...

was 3.8 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually

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. The 1906 greystone

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, the Vuolijoki Church, designed by

Josef Stenbäck Josef Daniel Stenbäck (May 2, 1854, Alavus — April 27, 1929, Helsinki) was a Finnish church architect and engineer. He designed 35 churches for Finland, which until 1917 was part of the Russian Empire. Four of the churches were located in the ...

, is located in the church village of Vuolijoki. The Vuolijoki was also known for its two

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s: the Otanmäki mine and the Vuorokas mine.

References

External links

Official website of Vuolijoki municipality

Kymmenen kylän Vuolijoki
- Kajaani.fi Former municipalities of Finland Kajaani {{OuluProvince-geo-stub