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Alavieska () 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 () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .

Key facts

Settlement.established_date
1879
Settlement.name
Alavieska
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Alavieska_Church_20100331.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Alavieska Church
Settlement.image_size
225px
Settlement.image_shield
Alavieska.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size
120x80px
Settlement.image_map
Alavieska sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Alavieska in Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
North Ostrobothnia
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Ylivieska
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Kari Pentti
Settlement.established_title
Charter

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Etusivu | Alavieska

alavieska.fi

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Villages
  • Demographics
  • Population
  • Languages
  • Urban areas
  • Economy
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Alavieska () 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 () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The word Ala means "lower", while the word Vieska is supposed to mean a "shallow ford".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alavieska” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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