Yli-Ii

Yli-Ii
—  Municipality  —
Yli-Iin kunta

Coat of arms
Location of Yli-Ii in Finland
Coordinates:
Country Finland
Region Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Oulu Arc sub-region
Charter 1924
Government
 • Municipal manager Pekka Tolonen
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 793.27 km2 (306.3 sq mi)
 • Land 769.15 km2 (297 sq mi)
 • Water 24.12 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Area rank 148th largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
 • Total 2,190
 • Rank 284th largest in Finland
 • Density 2.85/km2 (7.4/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.5% (official)
 • Sami 0.1%
 • Others 0.3%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 23.5%
 • 15 to 64 56.2%
 • 65 or older 20.3%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20%
Website www.yli-ii.fi

Yli-Ii (Swedish: Överijo) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,190 (31 January 2011)[2] and covers an area of 793.27 square kilometres (306.28 sq mi) of which 24.12 km2 (9.31 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.4 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Yli-Ii is probably best known from a pre-historical museum called Kierikkikeskus.

Yli-Ii will be consolidated with the city of Oulu on January 1, 2013.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 
  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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
  4. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  6. ^ Sankala, Kari & Laine, Liisa (16 March 2009). "Yli-Iistä tulee osa Oulua 2013" (in Finnish). Kaleva.plus (Kaleva Kustannus Oy). http://www.kaleva.fi/plus/index.cfm?j=786721. Retrieved 16 March 2009. 

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