Pudasjärvi

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Pudasjärvi

Total population

8,717

Founded

1865

Land area5638.67 km²

Coordinates65.36°, 27.00°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Pudasjärvi is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region, 87 kilometres (54 mi) northeast of the city of Oulu and 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of the town of Kuusamo. The town has a population of 7,168 and covers an area of 5,867.23 square kilometres (2,265.35 sq mi) of which 228.67 km2 (88.29 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.27 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.3/sq mi). In terms of area, Pudasjärvi is the second largest township in Finland and one of the largest in the world. It's also one of the most sparsely inhabited.

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

Tuomas Vammainen

Finnish volleyball player and coach

Esko Männikkö

Finnish photographer (1959-)

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Jarkko Laiho

Finnish ice hockey player

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Martti Aiha

Finnish sculptor (1952–2023)

Valter Thomé

Finnish architect (1874–1918)

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Jukka Nevakivi

Finnish historian (1931–2024)

Jani Sarajärvi

Finnish footballer (born 1979)

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Jani Illikainen

Finnish shot putter (1976–2026)

Hjalmar Braxén

Finnish composer and preacher (1860–1909)

Jaakko Karvonen

Finnish physician and archiater (1863-1943)

Paavo Virkkunen

Finnish politician

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Matti Kinnunen

Finnish snowboarder

Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen

Finnish film director and screenwriter (born 1960)

Ilkka Sammelvuo

Finnish volleyball player

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Janne Räisänen

Finnish painter (born 1971)

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Oiva Lakari

Finnish researcher

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

Nearby places in Northern Ostrobothnia

• Muhos
  48.1 mi away · pop. 8,936
• Duboševica
  1381.2 mi away · pop. 393
• Batina
  1382.4 mi away · pop. 594
• Topolje
  1382.4 mi away · pop. 287
• Kneževo
  1384.5 mi away · pop. 485
• Branjina
  1385.6 mi away · pop. 223
• Podolje
  1385.7 mi away · pop. 88
• Zmajevac
  1386.2 mi away · pop. 544
• Popovac
  1387 mi away · pop. 738
• Branjin Vrh
  1388.2 mi away · pop. 764
• Šećerana
  1389.1 mi away · pop. 461
• Kamenac
  1389.2 mi away · pop. 129

Browse all places in Northern Ostrobothnia →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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