Ylikiiminki | |
|---|---|
Former municipality | |
| Ylikiimingin kunta Överkiminge kommun | |
 Ylikiiminki Church, built in 1786. | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ylikiiminki in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 65°02′N 026°09′E / 65.033°N 26.150°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Northern Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Oulu Arc sub-region |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Consolidated | 2009 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,063.9 km2 (410.8 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,040.66 km2 (401.80 sq mi) |
| • Water | 23.24 km2 (8.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,512 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.ylikiiminki.fi |
Ylikiiminki (Swedish: Överkiminge) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2009.
It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 3,512 (31 December 2008)[2] and covered a land area of 1,040.66 km2 (401.80 sq mi).[1] The population density was 3.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.7/sq mi). The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Neighbouring municipalities were Haukipudas, Kiiminki, Muhos, Oulu, Pudasjärvi, Utajärvi and Yli-Ii. Oulujoki municipality, closed in 1965, was also a neighbouring municipality.
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 27 March 2010.