Tervola is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Finland
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.
It is located in the
province
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of
Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of
()
and covers an area of of
which
is water.
The
population density
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is
.
Neighbour municipalities are
Keminmaa,
Ranua,
Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland (Finland), Lapland. It is located near the Arctic Circle in the northern interior of the country. The population of Rovaniemi is approximately , while the Rovaniemi su ...
,
Simo,
Tornio
Tornio (; ; ; ) is a city and municipalities of Finland, municipality in Lapland, Finland. The city forms a cross-border Twin cities, twin city together with Haparanda on the Swedish side. The municipality covers an area of , of which is wat ...
and
Ylitornio
Ylitornio (; ; ; ) is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland.
It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Lapland, Finland, Lapland along the Torne (Finnish and Swedish river), Tornio River, opposite the Sweden, Swedish ...
.
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
Rovaniemi ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland (Finland), Lapland. It is located near the Arctic Circle in the northern interior of the country. The population of Rovaniemi is approximately , while the Rovaniemi su ...
was essentially uninhabited before his family's arrival.
The area was originally subordinate to
Kemi
Kemi (; ; ; ) is a cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located approximately from the city of Tornio and the Finland–Sweden border, Swedish border. The distance to Oulu is to the south and t ...
, 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.
References
External links
Municipality of Tervola– Official website
Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)
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