Haukipudas
Coordinates: 65 ° 11 ' N , 25 ° 21' E
Haukipudas [ ˈhɑu̯kipudɑs ] is a place and a former municipality in northern Finland . Haukipudas is located north of the city of Oulu at the mouth of the Kiiminkijoki River in the Gulf of Bothnia . Haukipudas has been part of the city of Oulu since 2013.
The place covers an area of 1,023.68 km 2 , of which 10.49 km 2 are inland water and 573.44 km 2 are sea water. The formerly independent municipality had the municipality number 084. At the time the municipality was dissolved on December 31, 2012, it had 19,053 inhabitants and the population density was 43.3 inhabitants / km². The community belonged to the administrative community of Oulu .
Community structure
Several uninhabited islands, skerries and sandbanks in the Gulf of Bothnia belonged to the former municipal area, including Hietakari, Hoikka-Hiue, Iso-Hiue, Kattilankalla, Kellon Kraaseli, Kotakari, Kropsu, Laitakari, Lönkytin, Nimetön (German "nameless") and Santapankki Sandbar "). The steamship SS Telma , which sank off the island of Kattilankalla in 1939, is a popular destination for amateur divers.
history
The municipality gained municipal independence in 1866 and previously belonged to the municipality Ii . Despite its considerable population by northern Finnish standards, the municipality had no town charter. Haukipudas maintains partnerships with the cities of Steinheim (Westphalia) (Germany), Busko-Zdrój (Poland), Specchia (Italy) Szigetszentmiklós (Hungary), Cēsis (Latvia) and Kronstadt (Russia).
The eponymous capital of the former municipality has around 6,500 inhabitants and is located around 22 km north of Oulu. About three kilometers away, the “station village ” (Finnish: Asemakylä ) has grown around the Haukapudas train station on the Oulu- Tornio line . Haukapudas also includes the fishing villages of Halosenniemi and Kivinniemi as well as the inland towns of Santaholma, Ukonkaivos, Martinniemi, Onkamo, Holstinmäki, Häyrysenniemi, Jokikylä, Kalimeenkylä, Kello, Parkumäki, Takkuranta and Virpiniemi.
Until recently, agriculture, forestry and fishing were the main industries, but Haukipudas has developed into a high-tech location in recent decades; one of the largest employers is the factory of the telecommunications group Sanmina SCI .
Culture and sights
The main attraction is the wooden church of the Protestant parish. Its free-standing bell tower was built in 1751, the church building itself in the years 1762–64. Several well-preserved works by the church painter Mikael Toppelius can be found in its interior , including a representation of the Last Supper (1779). On the outer wall of the church tower is a vaivaisukko (around 1850) typical of the Österbotten landscape , an offering box in the form of a life-size man statue asking for alms for the poor with an outstretched hand. The mild gifts are conveyed through a slit in the wooden beggar's chest.
The bell tower
The Vaivaisukko
The old sawmill in Martinniemi
The railway bridge over the Kiiminkijoki
Personalities
Sons and Daughters of Haukipudas
- Riitta-Liisa Roponen (* 1978), cross-country skier
Personalities who have worked on site
- Samuli Pohjamo (* 1950), editor and politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB) Accessed June 6, 2013 (Finnish).
- ↑ KUNTIA ASUKASLUVUT AAKKOSJÄRJESTYKSESSÄ. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 3, 2013 ; Retrieved June 6, 2013 (Finnish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
