Puolanka
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Puolanka (; , also ) is a municipality in Finland located in the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Puolanka
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Puolanka_church.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Puolanka Church
- Settlement.image_shield
- Puolanka.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Puolanka sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Puolanka in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kainuu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kehys-Kainuu
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Harri Peltola
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +02:00
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Puolangan kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Oulu Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 2359
- Area
- 137.54
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Utajärvi
- Official website
- puolanka.fi
- Image
- Puolangan kirkko 2.10.2022.jpg
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- Commons category
- Puolanka
- topic's main category
- Category:Puolanka
- associated electoral district
- Oulu
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Kehys-Kainuu
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Puolanka (; , also ) is a municipality in Finland located in the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The fir-tree topped line in the coat of arms of Puolanka refers to local forestry and the cattle bells to livestock management and past grazing in forest lands. The coat of arms was designed by Aake Kaarnama, and the Puolanka municipal council approved it at its meeting on 8 June 1962. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on 29 August of the same year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puolanka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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