Tervola
Municipality
Tervolan kunta
Tervola kommun
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; 24.81111
Country Finland
RegionLapland
Sub-regionKemi–Tornio
Government
 • Municipal managerMika Simoska
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,592.03 km2 (614.69 sq mi)
 • Land1,559.72 km2 (602.21 sq mi)
 • Water32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi)
 • Rank41st largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
 • Total2,854
 • Rank223rd largest in Finland
 • Density1.83/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish96.9% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others3%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1415.4%
 • 15 to 6454.9%
 • 65 or older29.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitetervola.fi

Tervola is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,854 (30 September 2023)[2] and covers an area of 1,592.03 square kilometres (614.69 sq mi) of which 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Tervola is named after its first Finnish settler, a Savonian named Olli Paavonpoika Tervonen, mentioned on a tax list from the year 1579. The part of the Kemijoki between Paakkola and Rovaniemi was essentially uninhabited before his family's arrival.

The area was originally subordinate to Kemi, becoming a chapel community in 1627 under the name Lapinniemi, while the settlement name Tervola was first mentioned in 1796. Tervola became an independent parish in 1860.[5]

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. ↑ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 455. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

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