Oulunsalo

Oulunsalo
Former 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
Region Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Oulu sub-region
Charter 1882
Merged 2013
Government
 • Municipal manager Sirkka Ylitervo
Area[1]
 • Total 211.22 km2 (81.55 sq mi)
 • Land 83.36 km2 (32.19 sq mi)
 • Water 127.86 km2 (49.37 sq mi)
Population (2012-12-31)[2]
 • Total 9,746
 • Density 116.91/km2 (302.8/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website www.oulunsalo.fi
Oulunsalo Church

Oulunsalo is former municipality in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. Along with Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Yli-Ii it lost its municipal status and was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. 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] The population density is 116.915/km2 (302.81/sq mi). The municipality was founded in 1882.

Oulu Airport was located in Oulunsalo.

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

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3] The municipality had previously also been known as Uleåsalo in Swedish documents, but was later referred to as Oulunsalo also in Swedish.[4]

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Oulunsalo:

Friendship cities

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.12.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  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. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
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