Pulkkila
Pulkkila is a former municipality and a village located in Northern Finland. The administrative center of the municipality of Siikalatva and belongs to the region of North Ostrobothnia. The village is located 90 km south from Oulu and 250 km north from Jyväskylä.
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Pulkkila is a former municipality and a village located in Northern Finland. The administrative center of the municipality of Siikalatva and belongs to the region of North Ostrobothnia. The village is located 90 km south from Oulu and 250 km north from Jyväskylä.
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Pulkkila has 792 inhabitants and the village is unilingually Finnish. Best known for its metal industry and the artificial lake of Uljua. An independent municipality until it was consolidated with Kestilä, Piippola and Rantsila on 1 January 2009 to form a new municipality of Siikalatva.
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• Name — Pulkkila • Official Name — Pulkkilan kunta Pulkkila kommun • Settlement Type — Village, former municipality • Mapsize — 150px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Finland • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — North Ostrobothnia • Subdivision Type2 — Sub-region • Subdivision Name2 — Siikalatva sub-region • Established Title — Charter • Established Date — 1867 • Extinct Title — Consolidated • Extinct Date — 2009 • Area Total Km2 — 411.23 • Area Land Km2 — 381.4 • Area Water Km2 — 29.83 • Population As Of — 2015-12-31 • Population Total — 792 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Demographics1 Info1 — % • Demographics1 Info2 — % • Demographics1 Info3 — % • Demographics1 Info4 — % • Demographics2 Title1 — 0 to 14 • Demographics2 Info1 — % • Demographics2 Title2 — 15 to 64 • Demographics2 Info2 — % • Demographics2 Title3 — 65 or older • Demographics2 Info3 — % • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3 • Postal Code Type — Postal code
Notable persons from Pulkkila
Notable persons from Pulkkila
• Pentti Haanpää, writer • T. I. Itkonen • Ilmari Kianto, writer
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