Tervola

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Tervola
Municipality
Tervolan kunta Tervola kommun
Tervola Church
Coat of arms
Location of Tervola in Finland
Coordinates: 66°05′20″N 024°48′40″E / 66.08889°N 24.81111°E / 66.08889; 24.81111
Country	Finland
Region	Lapland
Sub-region	Kemi–Tornio
Government
• Municipal manager	Mika Simoska
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,592.03 km2 (614.69 sq mi)
• Land	1,559.72 km2 (602.21 sq mi)
• Water	32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi)
• Rank	41st largest in Finland
Population  (2025-03-31)[2]
• Total	2,829
• Rank	221st largest in Finland
• Density	1.81/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	96.6% (official)
• Others	3.4%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	15.4%
• 15 to 64	54.9%
• 65 or older	29.6%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	tervola.fi

Tervola is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,829 (31 March 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 1,592.03 square kilometres (614.69 sq mi) of which 32.66 km² (12.61 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 1.81 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Tervola is named after its first Finnish settler, a Savonian named Olli Paavonpoika Tervonen, mentioned on a tax list from the year 1579. The part of the Kemijoki between Paakkola and Rovaniemi was essentially uninhabited before his family's arrival.

The area was originally subordinate to Kemi, becoming a chapel community in 1627 under the name Lapinniemi, while the settlement name Tervola was first mentioned in 1796. Tervola became an independent parish in 1860.^[6]

Media related to Tervola at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Tervola – Official website (in Finnish)

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