Oulunsalo

Former municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

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Coordinates: 64°56′N 025°25′E / 64.933°N 25.417°E / 64.933; 25.417CountryFinlandRegionNorthern OstrobothniaSub-regionOulu sub-regionCharter1882Merged2013Government

• Municipal managerSirkka YlitervoArea

^[1]

• Total211.22 km² (81.55 sq mi) • Land83.36 km² (32.19 sq mi) • Water127.86 km² (49.37 sq mi)Population

(2012-12-31)^[2]

• Total9,746 • Density46/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Websitewww.oulunsalo.fi

Oulunsalo (former Swedish: Uleåsalo, now considered outdated by the Institute for the Languages of Finland)^[3] is former municipality in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland.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).

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:

Centre Party 33.1%
True Finns 21.4%
National Coalition Party 15.9%
Left Alliance 10.9%
Social Democratic Party 8.9%
Green League 6.4%
Christian Democrats 2.3%
Pirate Party 0.3%
Swedish People's Party 0.3%

Friendship cities

Tanno, Japan (since 1992)
Matera, Italy, (since 2009)

Notable people

References

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.
^ "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]}