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Oulunsalo
—  Municipality  —
Oulunsalon kunta
The town hall of Oulunsalo

Coat of arms
Coordinates: 64°56′N 025°25′E / 64.933°N 25.417°E / 64.933; 25.417Coordinates: 64°56′N 025°25′E / 64.933°N 25.417°E / 64.933; 25.417
Country Finland
Province Oulu Province
Region Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Oulu sub-region
Charter 1882
Government
 - Municipal manager Tuomo Räihä
Area (2009-01-01)[1]
 - Total 211.22 km2 (81.6 sq mi)
 - Land 83.6 km2 (32.3 sq mi)
 - Water 127.62 km2 (49.3 sq mi)
Area rank 305th largest in Finland
Population (2009-06-30)[2]
 - Total 9,562
 - Density 114.38/km2 (296.2/sq mi)
Population rank 105th largest in Finland
Population by native language [3]
 - Finnish 99.3% (official)
 - Swedish 0.1%
 - Others 0.7%
Population by age [4]
 - 0 to 14 28.9%
 - 15 to 64 63.3%
 - 65 or older 7.8%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19%
Website www.oulunsalo.fi
Oulunsalo Church

Oulunsalo is a municipality in the province of Oulu, in Finland. The municipality is located in Northern Finland just south-west of the city of Oulu. The municipality has a population of 9,562 (30 June 2009)[2] and covers an area of 211.22 square kilometres (81.55 sq mi) of which 127.62 km2 (49.27 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 114.38 inhabitants per square kilometre (296.2 /sq mi). The municipality was founded in 1882.

Oulu Airport is located in Oulunsalo.

Oulunsalo is one of the fastest growing areas in Finland among the other municipalities around Oulu.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as Uleåsalo in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as Oulunsalo also in Swedish.[6]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2009.pdf. Retrieved 20 February 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 30 June 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/AE1290D892E86719C22575EB002B065C/$file/090630.html. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  3. ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
  4. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2009". Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2008. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=6425;167571. Retrieved 8 March 2009. 
  6. ^ "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=461. Retrieved 16 May 2009. 

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