Tervola
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| State : |
 Finland
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| Landscape : | Lapland |
| Administrative community : | Kemi-Tornio |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 4 ′ N , 24 ° 48 ′ E |
| Surface: | 1,594.48 km² |
| of which land area: | 1,561.82 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 32.66 km² |
| Residents : | 3,062 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 2 people / km² |
| Municipality number : | 845 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | tervola.fi |
Tervola [ ˈtɛrvɔlɑ ] is a Finnish municipality in Lapland .
location
It includes the places Koivu, Lapinniemi, Runkaus and Ylipaakkola.
There are three churches in the main town of Tervola: The old church is a wooden church built between 1687 and 1689 . The church of Tervola is also made of wood and dates from 1864. The latest church building is the parish center of Tervola, completed in 1974.
traffic
Koivu is on the Laurila – Kandalakscha railway line . Passenger trains have not stopped at this station since 2003. Passenger traffic is handled by buses.
Koivu train station
Church of Tervola
Old church of Tervola
politics
- administration
Politics in Tervola, as in many other places in Finnish Lapland, is dominated by two parties. The strongest political force in the local council, the highest decision-making body in local affairs, is the Center Party with 10 out of 21 mandates , followed by the traditionally strong left-wing alliance in Lapland with 7 seats.
In the 2008 local elections, the left-wing alliance in Tervola achieved its best result in Finland with 35.5% of the vote. The other two people's parties in Finland, on the other hand, hardly play a role in Tervola: the Social Democrats were only able to win two seats with a single-digit election result, while the conservative National Collection Party failed to make it into the local council. Furthermore, the free voter community Tervolan sitoutumattomat is represented with two seats in the municipal council.
| Political party | 2008 election results | Seats |
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| Center Party | 46.4% | 10 |
| Left alliance | 35.5% | 7th |
| Tervolan sitoutumattomat | 10.8% | 2 |
| Social democrats | 4.5% | 2 |
Sons and daughters
- Päivi Alafrantti (* 1964), track and field athlete
- Matthias Alexander Castrén (1813–1852), philologist and ethnologist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ Helsingin Sanomat: Puolueiden suurimmat kannatuskunnat ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , October 27, 2008.
- ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Result of the 2004 local elections
