Taivalkoski

Taivalkoski
Municipality
Taivalkosken kunta
Taivalkoski kommun
Taivalkoski Town Hall
Taivalkoski Town Hall
Coat of arms of Taivalkoski
Coat of arms
Location of Taivalkoski in Finland
Location of Taivalkoski in Finland
Coordinates: 65°34.5′N 028°14.5′E / 65.5750°N 28.2417°E / 65.5750; 28.2417
Country Finland
RegionNorth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionKoillismaa
Charter1879
Government
 • Municipal managerJukka Mikkonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
2,650.66 km2 (1,023.43 sq mi)
 • Land2,438.21 km2 (941.40 sq mi)
 • Water212.59 km2 (82.08 sq mi)
 • Rank25th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-03-31)[2]
 • Total
3,633
 • Rank199th largest in Finland
 • Density1.49/km2 (3.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish97.6% (official)
 • Others2.4%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1414.4%
 • 15 to 6454.6%
 • 65 or older31%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.taivalkoski.fi

Taivalkoski (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtɑi̯ʋɑlˌkoski]) 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 3,633 (31 March 2025)[2] and covers an area of 2,650.66 square kilometres (1,023.43 sq mi) of which 212.59 km2 (82.08 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.49 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.9/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The neighbouring municipalities are Kuusamo, Posio, Pudasjärvi and Suomussalmi. The Iijoki river runs through the centre of the village.

The oldest still-operating shop of Finland, Jalavan Kauppa, is located in Taivalkoski; a shop was founded in 1883 by White Karelian-based Stephan Jakowleff, which is owned by his descendants of the Jalava family.[5][6]

Notable people

  • Osmo Buller (born 1950), Esperantist
  • Tapio Räisänen (born 1949), ski jumper
  • John Michael Montgomery (1893–1968), baseball player
  • Kalle Päätalo (1919–2000), novelist
  • Tuulikki Ukkola (1943–2019), journalist and politician

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

  • Estonia Illuka Parish, Estonia[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,640,437 at the end of March 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-25. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
  3. ↑ "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Jalavan Kauppa vuodesta 1883". Jalavankauppa.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Karjalainen, Ensio (29 January 2023). "Suomen vanhimman kaupan asiakkaina ovat olleet Venäjän tsaarin ja Ruotsin kuninkaan hovit". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Väliskoostöö" (in Estonian). Illuka vald. Retrieved 21 March 2011.

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