Saloinen is a former municipality of

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. It was a part of the Oulu Province, but now located in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia. It was consolidated with the town of

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in 1973. It bordered Raahe, Pyhäjoki and Pattijoki.

Villages

Saloinen consists of the following land register villages: *Saloinen (Salonkylä) *Savolahti *Palo *Piehinki

History

Saloinen has existed at least since the 1320s as ''Salo''. It was originally subordinate to the Pedersöre parish. The word ''salo'' in this context refers to an island, as the central area was originally located on an island, later joining the mainland due to

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. Salo became a separate parish in 1407. It differs from other old northern Ostrobothnian parishes in the sense that it was not formed on a river valley. The administrative unit corresponding to the parish was originally known as ''Ranta'', or ''Strand'' in Swedish. This administrative unit also included Kalajoki, Ii and

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, until the 16th century it also included Kemi.

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was a part of the Salo parish until 1573, while Siikajoki was a part of Salo until 1689. In 1649, Per Brahe established the ''town of Salo''. Brahe purchased the Salo parish in 1652 and renamed the town to ''Brahestad'' (

) after himself. The municipal system (separation of administrative and religious units) was implemented in 1865, and the Salo parish became two municipalities: ''Salon kappeliseurakunta'' or modern Saloinen and ''Salon emäseurakunta'' or Pattijoki. Both municipalities were called ''Salo'' for short, which caused confusion not only between the two, but also with Oulunsalo (which was sometimes called ''Salo'' by the locals) and the more distant Salo in

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. Salon kappeliseurakunta was renamed ''Saloinen'' in 1913. Salon emäseurakunta was still called ''Salo Ol'' until 1920, when it was renamed ''Pattijoki''. Saloinen was consolidated with Raahe in 1973.

Notable residents

*Ljungo Thomae, pastor, translated laws into Finnish * Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg, priest and founder of an evangelical revival movement *Eeva Inkeri Kerola, politician *

Antti Kinnunen Anders (Antti) August Kinnunen (19 May 1903 – 16 January 1979) was a Finnish farmer and politician, born in Saloinen. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1951 to 1958 and again from 1962 to 1970, representing the Finnish Peopl ...

, politician *Martti Albert Levón, engineer and professor

Economy

Mining

Gold was found in the area in the 80s. The Laivakangas mine was established in 2011.

References

{{NorthernOstrobothnia Raahe Mining towns in Finland Former municipalities of Finland