Oulunsalo

Oulunsalo
Oulunsalo
Former municipality
	Oulunsalon kunta; Oulunsalo kommun
	The town hall of Oulunsalo
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 64°56′N 025°25′E / 64.933°N 25.417°E
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Oulu sub-region
Charter	1882
Merged	2013
Government
• Municipal manager	Sirkka Ylitervo
Area
• Total	211.22 km2 (81.55 sq mi)
• Land	83.36 km2 (32.19 sq mi)
• Water	127.86 km2 (49.37 sq mi)
Population (2012-12-31)
• Total	9,746
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.oulunsalo.fi

Oulunsalo (former Swedish: Uleåsalo, now considered outdated by the Institute for the Languages of Finland)^[3] is former municipality in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It was founded in 1882 and merged into the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013, along with Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Yli-Ii. The municipality had a population of 9,746 (31 December 2012)^[2] and covered an area of 211.22 square kilometres (81.55 sq mi), of which 127.86 km² (49.37 sq mi) is water.^[1] Its population density was 116.915/km² (302.81/sq mi).

Oulu Airport is located in Oulunsalo.

Oulunsalo was one of the fastest-growing areas in Finland, among the other municipalities around Oulu.

The locality is unilingually Finnish.^[4]

Politics

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.12.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
^ "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}