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Pello | |
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Municipality | |
| Pellon kunta Pello kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pello in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 66°46.5′N 023°58′E / 66.7750°N 23.967°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Lapland |
| Sub-region | Tornio Valley |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Sami Baas |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,864.66 km2 (719.95 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,738.15 km2 (671.10 sq mi) |
| • Water | 126.12 km2 (48.70 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 35th largest in Finland |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,209 |
| • Rank | 209th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.85/km2 (4.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.7% |
| • Others | 2.2% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 9.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 49.7% |
| • 65 or older | 41% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Pello (formerly Turtola) is a municipality of Finland. It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the Arctic Circle in the western part of the province of Lapland, and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality is on the national border with Sweden, by the Tornionjoki-river. The municipality has a population of 3,209 (31 August 2024)[2] and covers an area of 1,864.66 square kilometres (719.95 sq mi) of which 126.12 km2 (48.70 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.8/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish, according to the legal definition in Finland.
Konttajärvi is in this municipality.
It is served by the Pello railway station.
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.