Oulunsalo

Oulunsalo

Oulunsalo

Former municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oulunsalo (former Swedish: Uleåsalo, now considered outdated by the Institute for the Languages of Finland)[3] is former municipality in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It was founded in 1882 and merged into the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013, along with Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Yli-Ii. The municipality had a population of 9,746 (31 December 2012)[2] and covered an area of 211.22 square kilometres (81.55 sq mi), of which 127.86 km2 (49.37 sq mi) is water.[1] Its population density is 116.915/km2 (302.81/sq mi).

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Oulu Airport is located in Oulunsalo.

Oulunsalo was one of the fastest-growing areas in Finland, among the other municipalities around Oulu.

The locality is unilingually Finnish.[4]

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Oulunsalo:

Friendship cities

Notable people

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. [2]
    "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.12.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  4. [4]
    "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.[permanent dead link]



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