Oulu sub-region

Sub-region in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oulu sub-region

Oulun seutukunta

Sub-region

Country|  Finland
Region| Northern Ostrobothnia
Population

• Total

| 264,394
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Oulu sub-region is a subdivision of Northern Ostrobothnia and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009. The Oulu region has a population of 264,394, making it the fourth largest region in Finland after Helsinki, Tampere and Turku.[1]

## Municipalities

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Coat of
arms  | Municipality  | Population  | Land area
(km2)  | Density
(/km2)  | Finnish
speakers  | Swedish
speakers  | Other
speakers

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| Hailuoto | 923 | 206 | 4  | 99 % | 0 % | 2 %
| Kempele | 19,673 | 110 | 179  | 98 % | 0.2 % | 2 %
| Liminka | 10,185 | 637 | 16  | 99 % | 0.1 % | 1 %
| Lumijoki | 2,008 | 214 | 9  | 95 % | 0 % | 4 %
| Muhos | 8,734 | 785 | 11 | 99 % | 0 % | 2 %
| Oulu | 216,352 | 2,972 | 73 | 93 % | 0.2 % | 6 %
| Tyrnävä | 6,519 | 492 | 13  | 98 % | 0.2 % | 1 %
| Total | 264,394 | 5,416 | 49  | 94 %  | 0.2 %  | 6 %

## Politics

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Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:

* Sauli Niinistö 57.4%
* Pekka Haavisto 12.4%
* Paavo Väyrynen 9.4%
* Matti Vanhanen 6.9%
* Laura Huhtasaari 6.8%
* Merja Kyllönen 4.5%
* Tuula Haatainen 2.1%
* Nils Torvalds 0.6%

## References

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1. ^ "Number of foreign-language speakers grew by nearly 38,000 persons". Statistics Finland. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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