Toholampi

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Municipality in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Toholampi in Finland

Coordinates: 63°46.5′N 024°15′E / 63.7750°N 24.250°E / 63.7750; 24.250Country

FinlandRegionCentral OstrobothniaSub-regionKaustinen sub-regionCharter1865Government

• Municipal managerJukka HillukkalaArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total616.89 km² (238.18 sq mi) • Land609.16 km² (235.20 sq mi) • Water8.45 km² (3.26 sq mi) • Rank139th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,849 • Rank222nd largest in Finland • Density4.68/km² (12.1/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish97.6% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others2.2%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1418.3% • 15 to 6453.7% • 65 or older28.1%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.toholampi.fi

Toholampi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,849 (31 December 2023)^[6] and covers an area of 616.89 square kilometres (238.18 sq mi) of which 8.45 km² (3.26 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.68 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.1/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Kannus, Kokkola, Lestijärvi and Sievi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people

Mika Lintilä, politician
Hannu Hirvikoski, writer
Pekka Jylhä, sculptor
Mauri Leppänen, volleyballer
Virve Nuotio, soloist
Samsa Tuikka, runner
Teemu Wirkkala, javelin thrower
Albert Gebhard, painter

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2009". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 13 January 2010.