Paltamo

Paltamo
Municipality
Paltamon kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Paltamo in Finland
Coordinates: 64°24.5′N 027°50.5′E / 64.4083°N 27.8417°E / 64.4083; 27.8417Coordinates: 64°24.5′N 027°50.5′E / 64.4083°N 27.8417°E / 64.4083; 27.8417
Country Finland
Region Kainuu
Sub-region Kajaani sub-region
Government
 • Municipal manager Arto Laurikainen
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,139.09 km2 (439.81 sq mi)
 • Land 918.86 km2 (354.77 sq mi)
 • Water 220.23 km2 (85.03 sq mi)
Area rank 100th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 3,474
 • Rank 221st largest in Finland
 • Density 3.78/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.1% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 0.9%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 15%
 • 15 to 64 63.3%
 • 65 or older 21.7%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20.5%
Website www.paltamo.fi

Paltamo is a municipality of Finland.

It is part of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 3,474 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 1,139.09 square kilometres (439.81 sq mi) of which 220.23 km2 (85.03 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.78 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.8/sq mi). There are two built-up areas in the municipality: Kontiomäki and Paltamo. Kontiomäki has about 600 inhabitants.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Paltamo was first inhabited 8,500 years ago. The most sophisticated finding yet has been a weapon shaped like a bear's head. In 1552 king Gustav Vasa gave an order in which the areas of the Lake Oulu were to be inhabited. 140 families left there. In 1555 it was counted that there were 133 families living in Paltamo. The picture church of Paltamo was built in 1726 by Johan Simonpoika Knubb. It was the fourth church on the site. One of the most important persons in the Finnish history of literature – Eino Leino – was born in Hövelö in 1878. Today Paltamo is one of the slowly declining municipalities of Finland.

Heraldry

As a word in the Finnish language, the word paltamo means a tar boat, which is the reason the coat of arms of Paltamo has three black tar boats on a golden background.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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