Oulainen

town in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia in Finland
Place town Q985459
Oulainen
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Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Ostrobothnia[1]
  • Country: Finland[2]
  • Instance of: municipality of Finland[3], city[4]
  • Official language: Finnish[5]
  • Shares border with: Alavieska[6], Haapavesi[7], Merijärvi[8], Pyhäjoki[9], Raahe[10], Ylivieska[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Lillehammer[12], Leksand Municipality[13]
  • Legislative body: Oulainen City Council[14]
  • Coat of arms: Oulais kommunvapen[15]
  • Inception: 1865[16]
  • Official website: https://www.oulainen.fi/[17]
  • Population: 7775[18], 7610[19], 8267[20], 8203[21], 8188[22], 8219[23], 8198[24], 8129[25], 8101[26], 8086[27], 7998[28], 8047[29], 7931[30], 7889[31]
  • Official name: Oulaisten kaupunki[32]
  • Legal form: municipality of Finland[33]
  • Demonym: Oulaistelainen[34], Oulaislainen[35]
  • Area: 597.59 km²[36], 587.84 km²[37], 9.75 km²[38]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[39]
  • Associated electoral district: Oulu[40]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Ylivieska sub-region[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . The correspondence table between municipalities and language distribution in 2024. stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . vrk.fi. vrk.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Population structure. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . tilastokeskus.fi. Retrieved . tilastokeskus.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Associated electoral district → Oulu
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Oulainen
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → North Ostrobothnia, Ylivieska sub-region, Oulu Province
    Official website → https://www.oulainen.fi/
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