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Piippola | |
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Village, former municipality | |
| Piippolan kunta Piippola kommun | |
 Monument in Piippola, Finland, marking "The Center of Finland", erected in 1958 | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Piippola in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 64°10′40″N 25°57′55″E / 64.17778°N 25.96528°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Northern Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Siikalatva sub-region |
| Charter | 1865 |
| Consolidated | 2009 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 464.98 km2 (179.53 sq mi) |
| • Land | 455.7 km2 (175.9 sq mi) |
| • Water | 9.28 km2 (3.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2015-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 550 |
| • Density | 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Piippola is a village and a former municipality of Finland.
Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village has a population of 550 (31 December 2015).[2] The former municipality covered an area of 464.98 km2 (179.53 sq mi) of which 9.28 km2 (3.58 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density was 2.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.1/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
The municipality was consolidated with Kestilä, Pulkkila and Rantsila on 1 January 2009 to form a new municipality of Siikalatva.[3]
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Taajamat väkiluvun ja väestöntiheyden mukaan 31 December 2015". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Pohjois-Pohjanmaalle tulee uusi Siikalatvan kunta". YLE Uutiset (YLE News) (in Finnish). Yleisradio Oy. 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2008-08-03.