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Keminmaa

Kiemâeennâm
Ǩeeʹmmjânnam
Keminmaa Kiemâeennâm; Ǩeeʹmmjânnam
Municipality
	Keminmaan kunta; Keminmaa kommun
	Coat of arms
	Location of Keminmaa in Finland
	Coordinates: 65°48′N 024°33′E / 65.800°N 24.550°E
Country	Finland
Region	Lapland
Sub-region	Kemi–Tornio
Government
• Municipal manager	Hannele Matinlassi
Area (2018-01-01)
• Total	647.24 km2 (249.90 sq mi)
• Land	627.27 km2 (242.19 sq mi)
• Water	20.73 km2 (8.00 sq mi)
• Rank	137th largest in Finland
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	7,690
• Rank	123rd largest in Finland
• Density	12.26/km2 (31.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	98.8% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	1%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	16.7%
• 15 to 64	57.4%
• 65 or older	25.9%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.keminmaa.fi

Keminmaa (until 1979 Kemin maalaiskunta) (Inari Sami: Kiemâeennâm; Skolt Sami: Ǩeeʹmmjânnam) is a municipality of Finland. It is located near the towns of Kemi and Tornio in the Lapland region.

The municipality has a population of 7,690 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 647.24 square kilometres (249.90 sq mi) of which 20.73 km² (8.00 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 12.26 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.8/sq mi).

Geography edit

Neighbouring municipalities are Kemi, Simo, Tervola and Tornio.

Villages edit

Coat of arms edit

Blazon: Gules with a springing Silver salmon, holding a padlock in its mouth.

Notable people edit

Peter Franzén, Finnish actor
Ari Koch, Finnish sculptor
Veikko Lesonen, Finnish businessman and investor
Taavetti Lukkarinen, former foreman of Kemi Oy; convicted to death and hanged for treason
Markus Pessa, Finnish Emeritus professor at the Tampere University of Technology and the founder and former director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at that same university.
Joonas Piippola, Finnish ballroom dancer, dance teacher and choreographer
Tomi Putaansuu, the Finnish singer of band Lordi, lived in Keminmaa when he was a child
Nicolaus Rungius, local 17th century vicar whose mummified body is nowadays a tourist attraction in Keminmaa church
Hannu Tihinen, Finnish football player
Otto Vallenius, Finnish opera singer and painter
Paavo Väyrynen, Finnish politician

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "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.

External links edit

Media related to Keminmaa at Wikimedia Commons

Municipality of Keminmaa – Official website

[total_area-1] "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[population_count-2] "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[population_by_language-3] "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

[demography-4] "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.

[tax_rate-5] "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

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