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Piippola

— Former municipality —

Piippolan kunta

Monument in Piippola, Finland, marking "The Center of Finland", erected in 1958

Coat of arms

Location of Piippola in Finland

Coordinates: 64°11′N 025°58′E / 64.183°N 25.967°ECoordinates: 64°11′N 025°58′E / 64.183°N 25.967°E

Country

Finland

Region

Northern Ostrobothnia

Sub-region

Siikalatva sub-region

Charter

1865

Consolidated

2009

Area^[1]

• Total

464.98 km² (179.53 sq mi)

• Land

455.7 km² (175.9 sq mi)

• Water

9.28 km² (3.58 sq mi)

Population (2008-12-31)^[2]

• Total

1,251

• Density

2.75/km² (7.1/sq mi)

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Piippola is a former municipality of Finland.

Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,251 (31 December 2008)^[2] and covered an area of 464.98 km² (179.53 sq mi) of which 9.28 km² (3.58 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density was 2.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.1 /sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The municipality was consolidated with Kestilä, Pulkkila and Rantsila on 1 January 2009 to form a new municipality of Siikalatva.^[3]

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
^ "Pohjois-Pohjanmaalle tulee uusi Siikalatvan kunta". YLE Uutiset (YLE News) (in Finnish). Yleisradio Oy. 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2008-08-03.

External links [edit]

Media related to Piippola at Wikimedia Commons

Municipality of Piippola – official site^{[dead link]}
Municipality of Siikalatva – official site

v t e Municipalities of Northern Ostrobothnia

Municipalities	Alavieska Haapajärvi Haapavesi Hailuoto Ii Kalajoki Kempele Kuusamo Kärsämäki Liminka Lumijoki Merijärvi Muhos Nivala Oulainen Oulu Pudasjärvi Pyhäjoki Pyhäjärvi Pyhäntä Raahe Reisjärvi Sievi Siikajoki Siikalatva Taivalkoski Tyrnävä Utajärvi Ylivieska

Former municipalities	Haukipudas Kestilä Kiiminki Kuivaniemi Oulujoki Oulunsalo Paavola Pattijoki Piippola Pulkkila Rantsila Rautio Revonlahti Ruukki Saloinen Temmes Vihanti Yli-Ii Ylikiiminki

Northern Ostrobothnia Finland

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