Ii, Finland
Ii
Ijo | |
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Municipality | |
| Iin kunta Ijo kommun | |
 Roadsign marking the entrance to Ii. The name is printed uppercase here. | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ii in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 65°19′N 025°22′E / 65.317°N 25.367°ECoordinates: 65°19′N 025°22′E / 65.317°N 25.367°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Northern Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Oulu Arc sub-region |
| Charter | 1445 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Ari Alatossava |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,872.44 km2 (1,109.06 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,552.54 km2 (599.44 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,256.69 km2 (485.21 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 42nd largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,881 |
| • Rank | 100th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 6.36/km2 (16.5/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 0.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 22.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 56.2% |
| • 65 or older | 21.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.5% |
| Website | www.ii.fi |
Ii (Finnish pronunciation: [iː]; Swedish: Ijo) is a municipality of Finland. It is situated by the Bothnian Bay, at the mouth of river Iijoki, and it is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 9,881 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 2,872.44 km2 (1,109.06 sq mi) of which 1,256.69 km2 (485.21 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.36/km2 (16.5/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Ii merged with Kuivaniemi on 1 January 2007. The new municipality retained the name Ii, but adopted the coat of arms of Kuivaniemi. Ii is notable for having the shortest place name in Finland, and also one of the shortest ones in the world. The etymology is not definitively established; options are either Germanic origin or Sami origin. In the latter, it would mean "a place to stay overnight in"; cf. Northern Sami idja "night".[6]
Beginning in 2008, Ii is home to the ART Ii Biennale of Northern Environmental and Sculpture Art, an international art fair.
The city has ambition to become the first zero waste town in the world, and its mayor claims that it does not use fossil fuels for energy.[7]
People[]
- Juhamatti Aaltonen, ice hockey player
- Pekka Ahmavaara, politician, father of Arvi Ahmavaara who also was politician
- Liisa Hyssälä, politician
- Tanja Kari, paralympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing
- Sanna Koivisto, sculptor
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Hyyryläinen, Toivo: Kahden kirjaimen pitäjä, Iin perinnekirja. Saarijärven Offset, 2006.
- ^ "New generation of climate heroes". BBC News. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
External links[]
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ii. |
Media related to Ii at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Ii – Official website, finnish, english
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