Pulkkila is a former municipality and a village located in Northern

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. Pulkkila is the administrative center of the municipality of

Siikalatva Siikalatva (pronounced ) is a geographical area and a municipality of Finland. It lies 90 kilometres to the south of the city of Oulu and belongs to the North Ostrobothnia region. Siikalatva has a population of approximately 6 000 and the municipa ...

and belongs to the region of

Northern Ostrobothnia North Ostrobothnia ( fi, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa; sv, Norra Österbotten) is a region of Finland. It borders the Finnish regions of Lapland, Kainuu, North Savo, Central Finland and Central Ostrobothnia, as well as the Russian Republic of Karelia. ...

. The village is located south from Oulu and north from

Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capital of ...

. Pulkkila has 792 inhabitants and the village is unilingually

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

. Pulkkila is best known for its metal industry and the

artificial lake A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

of Uljua. Pulkkila was an independent municipality until it was consolidated with

Kestilä Kestilä is a village and former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Established in 1867, the population was 536 as of 31 December 2015. The municipality covered an area ...

Piippola Piippola is a village and a former municipality of Finland. Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village has a population of 550 (31 December 2015). The former municipality covered an ...

and

Rantsila Rantsila ( sv, Rantsila, also ) is a village and former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village had a population of 812 (31 December 2015), while the former muni ...

on 1 January 2009 to form a new municipality of

Notable persons from Pulkkila

* Pentti Haanpää, writer * T. I. Itkonen *

Ilmari Kianto Ilmari Kianto (7 May 1874 – 27 April 1970), also known as Ilmari Calamnius and Ilmari Iki-Kianto, was a Finnish author. He was born in Pulkkila, Northern Ostrobothnia, and is best known for his books ''Punainen viiva'' ("The Red Line", publishe ...

, writer

References

External links

Municipality of Pulkkila
– official site Former municipalities of Finland Populated places established in 1867 Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland Siikalatva {{OuluProvince-geo-stub