Tervola | ||
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Municipality | ||
Tervolan kunta | ||
Tervola Church
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Location of Tervola in Finland |
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Coordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E / 66.08889°N 24.81111°ECoordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E / 66.08889°N 24.81111°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Lapland | |
Sub-region | Kemi–Tornio sub-region | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Mika Simoska | |
Area (2016-01-01) | ||
• Total | 1,559.70 km2 (602.20 sq mi) | |
• Land | 1,561.72 km2 (602.98 sq mi) | |
• Water | 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 41st largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31) | ||
• Total | 3,168 | |
• Rank | 224th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 2.03/km2 (5.3/sq mi) | |
Population by native language | ||
• Finnish | 99.5% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.1% | |
• Others | 0.5% | |
Population by age | ||
• 0 to 14 | 16.5% | |
• 15 to 64 | 57.7% | |
• 65 or older | 25.9% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate | 19.5% | |
Website | www.tervola.fi |
Tervola is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 3,168 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,559.70 square kilometres (602.20 sq mi) of which 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) is water. The population density is 2.03 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.3/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.