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Piippola
Place in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Piippola is a village and a former municipality of Finland.
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Piippola | |
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Village, former municipality | |
Piippolan kunta Piippola kommun | |
![]() Monument in Piippola, Finland, marking "The Center of Finland", erected in 1958 | |
![]() Location of Piippola in Finland | |
Coordinates: 64°10′40″N 25°57′55″E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Northern Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Siikalatva sub-region |
Charter | 1865 |
Consolidated | 2009 |
Area | |
• Total | 464.98 km2 (179.53 sq mi) |
• Land | 455.7 km2 (175.9 sq mi) |
• Water | 9.28 km2 (3.58 sq mi) |
Population (2015-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 550 |
• Density | 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village has a population of 550 (31 December 2015).[2] The former municipality covered an area of 464.98 km2 (179.53 sq mi) of which 9.28 km2 (3.58 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density was 2.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.1/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
The municipality was consolidated with Kestilä, Pulkkila and Rantsila on 1 January 2009 to form a new municipality of Siikalatva.[3]