Lumijoki

Lumijoki (meaning "Snow River"[6]) is a municipality of Finland.

Lumijoki
Municipality
Lumijoen kunta
Lumijoki kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Lumijoki in Finland
Coordinates: 64°50.2′N 025°11.2′E
Country Finland
RegionNorth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionOulu
Charter1867
Government
 • Municipal managerPaula Karsi-Ruokolainen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total290.29 km2 (112.08 sq mi)
 • Land213.19 km2 (82.31 sq mi)
 • Water77.1 km2 (29.8 sq mi)
 • Rank259th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,018
 • Rank260th largest in Finland
 • Density9.47/km2 (24.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others0.5%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1427%
 • 15 to 6454.4%
 • 65 or older18.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21%
Websitewww.lumijoki.fi

It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,018 (31 December 2021)[2] and covers an area of 290.29 square kilometres (112.08 sq mi) of which 77.1 km2 (29.8 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 9.47 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.5/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Hailuoto, Liminka, Oulu and Siikajoki.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.[7]

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. https://translate.google.com/#fi%7Cen%7Clumijoki%0A
  7. http://www.stat.fi/meta/luokitukset/kielisuhde/001-2012/luokitusavain_teksti.txt%5B%5D

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