Tervola

Tervola is a municipality of Finland.

Tervola
Municipality
Tervolan kunta
Tervola kommun
Tervola Church
Tervola Church
Coat of arms of Tervola
Coat of arms
Location of Tervola in Finland
Location of Tervola in Finland
Coordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E
Country Finland
RegionLapland
Sub-regionKemi–Tornio
Government
 • Municipal managerMika Simoska
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,592.03 km2 (614.69 sq mi)
 • Land1,561.72 km2 (602.98 sq mi)
 • Water32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi)
 • Rank41st largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-10-26)[2]
 • Total2,854
 • Rank223rd largest in Finland
 • Density1.83/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish96.9% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others3%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1415.4%
 • 15 to 6454.9%
 • 65 or older29.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.tervola.fi

It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,854 (26 October 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 1.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

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]

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 455. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

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