Paltamo

Paltamo (Swedish: Paltamo, also Paldamo) is a municipality of Finland.

Paltamo
Municipality
Paltamon kunta
Paltamo kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Paltamo in Finland
Coordinates: 64°24.5′N 027°50.5′E
Country Finland
RegionKainuu
Sub-regionKajaani sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerArto Laurikainen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,139.12 km2 (439.82 sq mi)
 • Land918.86 km2 (354.77 sq mi)
 • Water220.23 km2 (85.03 sq mi)
Area rank85th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total3,269
 • Rank211th largest in Finland
 • Density3.56/km2 (9.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.1% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others0.9%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1415%
 • 15 to 6463.3%
 • 65 or older21.7%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]20.5%
Websitewww.paltamo.fi

It is part of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 3,269 (31 July 2020)[2] and covers an area of 1,139.12 square kilometres (439.82 sq mi) of which 220.23 km2 (85.03 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.56 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.2/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. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  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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