Tervola
Municipality in Lapland, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tervola is a municipality of Finland.
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Tervola | |
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Municipality | |
| Tervolan kunta Tervola kommun | |
 Tervola Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tervola in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Lapland |
| Sub-region | Kemi–Tornio |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Mika Simoska |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,592.03 km2 (614.69 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,559.72 km2 (602.21 sq mi) |
| • Water | 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 41st largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,831 |
| • Rank | 223rd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.82/km2 (4.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 2.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.9% |
| • 65 or older | 29.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | tervola |
It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,831 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 1,592.03 square kilometres (614.69 sq mi) of which 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Tervola is named after its first Finnish settler, a Savonian named Olli Paavonpoika Tervonen, mentioned on a tax list from the year 1579. The part of the Kemijoki between Paakkola and Rovaniemi was essentially uninhabited before his family's arrival.
The area was originally subordinate to Kemi, becoming a chapel community in 1627 under the name Lapinniemi, while the settlement name Tervola was first mentioned in 1796. Tervola became an independent parish in 1860.[5]
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