Paltamo

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Paltamo

Total population

3,435

Coordinates64.41°, 27.83°

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

Overview

Paltamo is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 2,941 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 1,139.12 square kilometres (439.82 sq mi) of which 220.23 km2 (85.03 sq mi) is water. The population density is 3.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.3/sq mi). There are two built-up areas in the municipality: Kontiomäki and Paltamo. Kontiomäki has about 600 inhabitants.

Geography

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

Nearby places in Kainuu

• Otok Virje
  1320.9 mi away · pop. 251
• Mali Bukovec
  1321.2 mi away · pop. 729
• Veliki Bukovec
  1321.3 mi away · pop. 660
• Struga
  1321.6 mi away · pop. 461
• Dubovica
  1321.7 mi away · pop. 312
• Vratno Otok
  1321.9 mi away · pop. 65
• Virje Križovljansko
  1322.2 mi away · pop. 270
• Sesvete Ludbreške
  1322.2 mi away · pop. 492
• Novo Selo Podravsko
  1322.2 mi away · pop. 221
• Hrženica
  1322.3 mi away · pop. 830
• Kapela Podravska
  1322.3 mi away · pop. 466
• Svibovec Podravski
  1322.4 mi away · pop. 945

Browse all places in Kainuu →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.