Kiiminki

Kiiminki (Swedish: Kiminge) was a municipality of Finland. Along with Haukipudas, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. Kiiminki municipality was part of the Oulu province in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 13,320 (31 December 2012)[2] and covered an area of 339.00 square kilometres (130.89 sq mi) of which 326.82 km2 (126.19 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1,093.6/km2 (2,832.4/sq mi).

This article is about the former municipality. For the district of Oulu, see Kiiminki (district).
Kiiminki
Former municipality
Kiimingin kunta
Kiminge kommun
Kiiminki Church, built in 1760
Coat of arms
Location of Kiiminki in Finland
Coordinates: 65°08′N 025°46.5′E
CountryFinland
RegionNorthern Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionOulu sub-region
Charter1867
Government
 • Municipal managerJukka Weisell
Area
 • Total339.00 km2 (130.89 sq mi)
 • Land12.18 km2 (4.70 sq mi)
 • Water326.82 km2 (126.19 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2012)[2]
 • Total13,320
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.kiiminki.fi

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3]

Buildings and structures

There is a 326-metre tall guyed mast for FM- and TV broadcasting.

References
  1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  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.



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