Nivala

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Nivala

Total population

10,478

Founded

1867

Land area527.31 km²

Coordinates63.93°, 24.96°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Nivala is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 10,300 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 536.88 square kilometres (207.29 sq mi) of which 8.92 km2 (3.44 sq mi) is water. The population density is 19.53 inhabitants per square kilometre (50.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Kyösti Kallio

Finnish politician and 4th President of Finland (1873–1940)

Helena Takalo

Finnish cross-country skier

Atte Ohtamaa

Finnish ice hockey player

Kustaa Vilkuna

Finnish ethnologist, linguist, historian and politician (1902–1980)

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Kalevi Marjamaa

Finnish boxer

Rakel Liehu

Finnish author

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Kalle Haapakoski

Finnish journalist (1867-1917)

Olli Immonen

Finnish politician

Kalervo Kallio

Finnish sculptor (1909–1969)

Kyösti Wilkuna

Finnish writer and activist

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Anni Rättyä

Finnish javelin thrower

Esa Ruuttunen

Finnish opera singer

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Heikki Niskanen

Finnish politician

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Henri Sandvik

Finnish ice hockey player

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Ilkka Ruostetsaari

Finnish social scientist

Jussi Tenkku

Finnish philosopher

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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