Pello
Pello | ||
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Municipality | ||
Pellon kunta Pello kommun | ||
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 Location of Pello in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 66°46.5′N 023°58′E / 66.7750°N 23.967°E / 66.7750; 23.967Coordinates: 66°46.5′N 023°58′E / 66.7750°N 23.967°E / 66.7750; 23.967 | ||
| Country |  Finland | |
| Region | Lapland | |
| Sub-region | Tornio Valley sub-region | |
| Charter | 1867 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Sami Baas | |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,864.66 km2 (719.95 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,737.57 km2 (670.88 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 126.12 km2 (48.70 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 35th largest in Finland | |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) | |
| Population (2018-08-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 3,465 | |
| • Rank | 210th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 1.99/km2 (5.2/sq mi) | |
Population by native language [3] | ||
| • Finnish | 7,001,993,000,000,000,000♠99.3% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 6,999,200,000,000,000,000♠0.2% | |
| • Sami | 6,999,100,000,000,000,000♠0.1% | |
| • Others | 6,999,400,000,000,000,000♠0.4% | |
Population by age [4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 7,001,116,000,000,000,000♠11.6% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 7,001,614,000,000,000,000♠61.4% | |
| • 65 or older | 7,001,270,000,000,000,000♠27% | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.25% | |
| Website | www.pello.fi | |
Pello (formerly Turtola) is a municipality of Finland.
Geography
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 3,465 (31 August 2018)[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
1.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.2/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish, according to the legal definition in Finland.
References
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^ ab "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pello. |
Municipality of Pello – Official website (in Finnish)
Tourism of Pello – Official website (in English)
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