Tervola facts for kids
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Tervola
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Municipality
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| Tervolan kunta Tervola kommun |
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Tervola Church
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Location of Tervola in Finland
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Lapland | |
| Sub-region | Kemi–Tornio | |
| Area
(2018-01-01)
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| • Total | 1,592.03 km2 (614.69 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,559.72 km2 (602.21 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 41st largest in Finland | |
| Population
(2023-12-31)
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| • Total | 2,831 | |
| • Rank | 223rd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 1.82/km2 (4.7/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language | ||
| • Finnish | 97.3% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 2.5% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 15.4% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.9% | |
| • 65 or older | 29.6% | |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) | |
Tervola is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,831 (31 December 2023) and covers an area of 1,592.03 square kilometres (614.69 sq mi) of which 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
Tervola is named after its first Finnish settler, a Savonian named Olli Paavonpoika Tervonen, mentioned on a tax list from the year 1579. The part of the Kemijoki between Paakkola and Rovaniemi was essentially uninhabited before his family's arrival.
The area was originally subordinate to Kemi, becoming a chapel community in 1627 under the name Lapinniemi, while the settlement name Tervola was first mentioned in 1796. Tervola became an independent parish in 1860.
