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Also known as Uleåsalo

Oulunsalo (former , now considered outdated by the Institute for the Languages of Finland) is a former municipality in the region of North Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It was founded in 1882 and merged into the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013, along with Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Yli-Ii. The municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of , of which is water. Its population density was .

Key facts

Settlement.name
Oulunsalo
Settlement.settlement_type
Former municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Oulunsalo Town Hall 2006 05 06.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
The town hall of Oulunsalo
Settlement.image_shield
Oulunsalo.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.image_map
Oulunsalo.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
Settlement.mapsize
150px
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
150px
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
North Ostrobothnia
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Oulu sub-region
Settlement.leader_title
Municipal manager
Settlement.leader_name
Sirkka Ylitervo
Settlement.established_title
Charter
Settlement.established_date
1882

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Finland
Located in
Oulu Province
Official language
Finnish
Population
9771
Area
81.65
Shares border with
Oulu
Followed by
Oulu
Official website
www.oulunsalo.fi
Image
Oulunsalo Church 2006 05 06.JPG
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Commons category
Oulunsalo
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Oulunsalo (former , now considered outdated by the Institute for the Languages of Finland) is a former municipality in the region of North Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It was founded in 1882 and merged into the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013, along with Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Yli-Ii. The municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of , of which is water. Its population density was .

Oulu Airport is located in Oulunsalo.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oulunsalo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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