Keminmaa

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Keminmaa Kiemâeennâm Ǩeeʹmmjânnam
Municipality
Keminmaan kunta Keminmaa kommun
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	16.7%
• 15 to 64	57.4%
• 65 or older	25.9%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.keminmaa.fi

Keminmaa (until 1979 Kemin maalaiskunta) (

The municipality has a population of 7,690 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 647.24 square kilometres (249.90 sq mi) of which 20.73 km² (8.00 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 12.26 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.8/sq mi).

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities are Kemi, Simo, Tervola and Tornio.

Villages

• Hirmula
• Ilmola
• Itäkoski
• Jokisuu
• Laurila
• Lautiosaari
• Liedakkala
• Maula
• Pörhölä
• Ruottala (mostly on Tornio's territory)
• Sompujärvi
• Törmä
• Viitakoski

Coat of arms

• Peter Franzén, Finnish actor
• Ari Koch, Finnish sculptor
• Veikko Lesonen, Finnish businessman and investor
• Taavetti Lukkarinen, former foreman of Kemi Oy; convicted to death and hanged for treason
• Markus Pessa, Finnish Emeritus professor at the Tampere University of Technology and the founder and former director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at that same university.
• Joonas Piippola, Finnish ballroom dancer, dance teacher and choreographer
• Tomi Putaansuu, the Finnish singer of band Lordi
  , lived in Keminmaa when he was a child
• Nicolaus Rungius, local 17th century vicar whose mummified body is nowadays a tourist attraction in Keminmaa church
• Hannu Tihinen, Finnish football player
• Otto Vallenius, Finnish opera singer and painter
• Paavo Väyrynen, Finnish politician

References

External links

Media related to Keminmaa at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Keminmaa – Official website