Pudasjärvi
Town
Pudasjärven kaupunki
Pudasjärvi stad
Coat of arms of Pudasjärvi
Coat of arms
Location of Pudasjärvi in Finland
Location of Pudasjärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 65°21.5′N 027°00′E / 65.3583°N 27.000°E / 65.3583; 27.000
Country Finland
RegionNorth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionOulunkaari
Established1865
City rights2004
Government
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total5,867.23 km2 (2,265.35 sq mi)
 • Land5,638.67 km2 (2,177.10 sq mi)
 • Water228.67 km2 (88.29 sq mi)
 • Rank8th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
 • Total7,509
 • Rank127th largest in Finland
 • Density1.33/km2 (3.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish97.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others2.5%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1415.4%
 • 15 to 6452.2%
 • 65 or older32.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.pudasjarvi.fi

Pudasjärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpudɑsˌjærʋi]) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region, 87 kilometres (54 mi) northeast of the city of Oulu and 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of the town of Kuusamo. The town has a population of 7,509 (30 September 2023)[2] and covers an area of 5,867.23 square kilometres (2,265.35 sq mi) of which 228.67 km2 (88.29 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.33 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.4/sq mi).[1] In terms of area in square kilometres, Pudasjärvi is the second largest township in Finland (as of 2006, Rovaniemi is the largest) and one of the largest in the world. It's also one of the most sparsely inhabited.

Pudasjärvi is famed for its nature, and is the home of the southernmost fell area in Finland, Syöte.

The oldest dated rock formations within the European Union can be found in Siuruankylä, Pudasjärvi. The trondhjemite gneiss is aged 3,500 million years.[5]

Two Finnish melodic death metal bands, Kalmah and Eternal Tears of Sorrow formed in Pudasjärvi.

The Big Dipper and the bear of the Pudasjärvi's coat of arms are based on the old seal of the parish keeper. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers, and the Pudasjärvi town council approved it at its meeting on August 2, 1950. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on September 26 of the same year.[6][7]

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Pudasjärvi:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Geological Survey of Finland annual report 2003 Archived 2006-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 156. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
  7. ↑ "Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat 1949-1995 I:12 Pudasjärvi" (in Finnish). Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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