Ii, Finland
Ii Swedish: Ijo | ||
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Municipality | ||
Iin kunta Ijo kommun | ||
 Roadsign marking the entrance to Ii. The name is printed uppercase here. | ||
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 Location of Ii in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 65°19′N 025°22′E / 65.317°N 25.367°E / 65.317; 25.367Coordinates: 65°19′N 025°22′E / 65.317°N 25.367°E / 65.317; 25.367 | ||
| Country |  Finland | |
| Region | Northern Ostrobothnia | |
| Sub-region | Oulu Arc sub-region | |
| Charter | 1445 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Ari Alatossava | |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 2,872.44 km2 (1,109.06 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,552.54 km2 (599.44 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 1,256.69 km2 (485.21 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 42nd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2018-08-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 9,873 | |
| • Rank | 107th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 6.36/km2 (16.5/sq mi) | |
Population by native language [3] | ||
| • Finnish | 7,001,995,000,000,000,000♠99.5% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 6,999,100,000,000,000,000♠0.1% | |
| • Others | 6,999,400,000,000,000,000♠0.4% | |
Population by age [4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 7,001,231,000,000,000,000♠23.1% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 7,001,611,000,000,000,000♠61.1% | |
| • 65 or older | 7,001,158,000,000,000,000♠15.8% | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% | |
| Website | www.ii.fi | |
Ii (Finnish pronunciation: [iː]; Swedish: Ijo) is a municipality of Finland.
It is situated by the Bothnian Bay, at the mouth of river Iijoki, and it is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 9,873 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 2,872.44 km2 (1,109.06 sq mi) of which 1,256.69 km2 (485.21 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.36/km2 (16.5/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Ii merged with Kuivaniemi on 1 January 2007. The formed municipality is called Ii but it adopted the coat of arms of Kuivaniemi. Ii is notable for having the shortest place name in Finland, and also one of the shortest ones in the world. The etymology is not definitively established; options are either Germanic origin or Sami origin. In the latter, it would mean "a place to stay overnight in"; cf. Northern Sami idja "night".[6]
Beginning in 2008, Ii is home to the ART Ii Biennale of Northern Environmental and Sculpture Art, an international art fair.
People
Juhamatti Aaltonen, ice hockey player, currently plays for the Swedish team Rögle BK.
Pekka Ahmavaara, politician, father of Arvi Ahmavaara who also was politician
Liisa Hyssälä, politician
Tanja Kari, paralympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing
- Sanna Koivisto, sculptor
References
^ ab "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Hyyryläinen, Toivo: Kahden kirjaimen pitäjä, Iin perinnekirja. Saarijärven Offset, 2006.
External links
 | Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ii. |
Media related to Ii at Wikimedia Commons
Municipality of Ii – Official website, finnish, english
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