Ylivieska
Sign in to saveYlivieska () is a town and municipality of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. It has a population of (), and it serves as the administrative centre for Kalajokilaakso and Pyhäjokilaakso, an area with a population of about 90,000 inhabitants. Ylivieska is also the commercial center of the Oulu South region, the southern part of the late Oulu province.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ylivieska, Finland
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ylivieska.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ylivieska_Ilmakuva.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Ylivieska, with the Kalajoki river flowing through the center
- Settlement.image_size
- 300px
- Settlement.image_map
- Ylivieska sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Ylivieska in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ylivieska
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Maria Sorvisto
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1867
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Ylivieskan kaupunki
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Oulu Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 15369
- Area
- 4.37
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Merijärvi
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- www.ylivieska.fi
- Image
- Ylivieska Ilmakuva.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ylivieska
- topic's main category
- Category:Ylivieska
- twinned administrative body
- Voss Municipality
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ylivieska
- inception
- 1867-01-01
- owner of
- Ylivieska Airfield
- associated electoral district
- Oulu
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Ylivieska sub-region
- different from
- Ylivieska sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=977
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Culture
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns — sister cities
- Friendship
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- References
- External links
Ylivieska () is a town and municipality of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. It has a population of (), and it serves as the administrative centre for Kalajokilaakso and Pyhäjokilaakso, an area with a population of about 90,000 inhabitants. Ylivieska is also the commercial center of the Oulu South region, the southern part of the late Oulu province.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The word Yli means "upper", while the word Vieska is supposed to mean a "shallow ford".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ylivieska” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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