- Haukipudas
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Municipality of Haukipudas
native_name = Haukiputaan kunta
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image_caption = The church and the belfry of Haukipudas
image_shield = Haukipudas.vaakuna.svg
mapsize = 150px
map_caption = Location of Haukipudas in Finland
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Finland
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 =Oulu Province
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 =Northern Ostrobothnia
subdivision_type3 = Sub-region
subdivision_name3 = Oulu sub-region
leader_title = Municipality manager
leader_name =Timo Autio
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established_title =Charter
established_date =1866
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area_total_km2 = 446.22
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area_land_km2 = 436.59
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area_water_km2 = 9.63
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area_metro_km2 = 1023.67
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population_as_of = 2008
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population_total = 18,345
population_density_km2 = 41.75
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blank_name =Official languages |blank_info =Finnish
timezone = EET
utc_offset = +2
timezone_DST = EEST
utc_offset_DST = +3
latd=65 |latm=11 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=25 |longm=21 |longs= |longEW=E
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website = [http://www.haukipudas.fi/sivu/en/ www.haukipudas.fi/]
footnotes =Haukipudas is a municipality of
Finland . It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of theNorthern Ostrobothnia region. Its shore runs along theGulf of Bothnia , with the riverKiiminkijoki running through the province.The municipality has a population of 18,115 (31.12.2007) and covers an area of 446.22 km² of which 9.63 km² is water. The
population density is 37.4 inhabitants per km².The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
There are 16 villages in Haukipudas: Kirkonkylä, Santaholma, Ukonkaivos, Martinniemi, Asemakylä, Onkamo, Halosenniemi, Holstinmäki, Häyrysenniemi, Jokikylä, Kalimeenkylä, Kello, Kiviniemi, Parkumäki, Takkuranta and Virpiniemi.
Local sights
* The church of Haukipudas. The church was built in
1762 . The bellfry was built in1751 .Haukipudas photo gallery
External links
* [http://www.haukipudas.fi/sivu/en/ Municipality of Haukipudas]
*commons-inline|Haukipudas
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