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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 .

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Alavieska is a municipality located in Finland. Its legal name is Alavieskan kunta. The entity holds an active status within the Finnish jurisdiction.

The population of the area is recorded as 2990. The inception of the subject dates to January 1, 1879.

Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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

Company

Jurisdiction
FI
Headquarters
ALAVIESKA, FI

via GLEIF

Official website

Etusivu | Alavieska

alavieska.fi →

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Alavieskan kunta
Country
Finland
Located in
Oulu Province
Official language
Finnish
Population
2384
Area
1.52
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Body of water
Kalajoki
Shares border with
Ylivieska
Official website
www.alavieska.fi
Image
Alavieska Church 20100331 02.JPG
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Commons category
Alavieska
topic's main category
Category:Alavieska
inception
1879-01-01
associated electoral district
Oulu
located in the statistical territorial entity
Ylivieska sub-region
Sources (9)

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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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