Kempele
Sign in to saveKempele is a municipality south of the city of Oulu and east of the Oulu Airport in Northern Finland. Historically it was in the province of Oulu, but today it is in the region of North Ostrobothnia. The population of Kempele is () and the municipality covers an area of (excluding sea), of which is inland waters (). The population density is (). The municipality of Kempele was founded in 1867.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kempele
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kempeleen Pyhän Kolminaisuuden kirkko.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Holy Trinity Church, Kempele
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kempele.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Kempele sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Kempele in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Oulu
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipality manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Tuomas Lohi
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1867
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Kempeleen kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Oulu Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 19514
- Area
- 0.2
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Liminka
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- www.kempele.fi
- Image
- Kempeleen vanha kirkko.jpg
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- associated electoral district
- Oulu
- inception
- 1867-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Kempele
- Commons category
- Kempele
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Oulu sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=244
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- number of viewers/listeners
- 348066
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Sights
- Sports
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Kempele is a municipality south of the city of Oulu and east of the Oulu Airport in Northern Finland. Historically it was in the province of Oulu, but today it is in the region of North Ostrobothnia. The population of Kempele is () and the municipality covers an area of (excluding sea), of which is inland waters (). The population density is (). The municipality of Kempele was founded in 1867.
Kempele is the birthplace of former NHL goaltender Pekka Rinne.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kempele” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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