Piippola
Piippola | |
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Village, former municipality | |
| Piippolan kunta Piippola kommun | |
Monument in Piippola, Finland, marking "The Center of Finland", erected in 1958 | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Piippola in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 64°10′40″N 25°57′55″E / 64.17778°N 25.96528°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | North Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Siikalatva sub-region |
| Charter | 1865 |
| Consolidated | 2009 |
| Area | |
• Total | 464.98 km2 (179.53 sq mi) |
| • Land | 455.7 km2 (175.9 sq mi) |
| • Water | 9.28 km2 (3.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2015-12-31) | |
• Total | 550 |
| • Density | 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Piippola is a village and a former municipality of Finland.
Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the North Ostrobothnia region. The village has a population of 550 (31 December 2015). The former municipality covered an area of 464.98 km2 (179.53 sq mi) of which 9.28 km2 (3.58 sq mi) is water. The population density was 2.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.1/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
The municipality was consolidated with Kestilä, Pulkkila and Rantsila on 1 January 2009 to form a new municipality of Siikalatva.