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Tervola

Tervola
Municipality
Tervolan kunta
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 / 66.08889°N 24.81111°E / 66.08889; 24.81111Coordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E / 66.08889°N 24.81111°E / 66.08889; 24.81111
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.



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