Lumijoki
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| Lumijoki | |||
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| — Municipality — | |||
| Lumijoen kunta | |||
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| Coordinates: 64°50.2′N 025°11.2′E / 64.8367°N 25.1867°ECoordinates: 64°50.2′N 025°11.2′E / 64.8367°N 25.1867°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Northern Ostrobothnia | ||
| Sub-region | Oulu sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1867 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Erkki Kauppinen | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 290.29 km2 (112.08 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 213.19 km2 (82.31 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 77.1 km2 (29.8 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 280th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2012-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 2,041 | ||
| • Rank | 289th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 9.57/km2 (24.8/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 99.4% (official) | ||
| • Swedish | 0.1% | ||
| • Others | 0.5% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 28.2% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 57.7% | ||
| • 65 or older | 14.1% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% | ||
| Website | www.lumijoki.fi | ||
Lumijoki (meaning "Snow River"[6]) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,041 (31 January 2012)[2] and covers an area of 290.29 square kilometres (112.08 sq mi) of which 77.1 km2 (29.8 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 9.57 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.8 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ http://translate.google.com/#fi%7Cen%7Clumijoki%0A
- ^ http://www.stat.fi/meta/luokitukset/kielisuhde/001-2012/luokitusavain_teksti.txt
[edit] External links
Media related to Lumijoki at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Lumijoki – Official website (Finnish)
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