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Hailuoto

— Municipality —

Hailuodon kunta

Pilot station and lighthouse in Marjaniemi

Sevenval
Coat of arms

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Location of Hailuoto in Finland

Coordinates: SevenvalCoordinates: 65°01′N 024°43′E / 65.017°N 24.717°E / 65.017; 24.717

Country

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Sevenval

Northern Ostrobothnia

Sub-region

Oulu sub-region

Government

• Municipal manager

Matti Soronen

Area(2011-01-01)^[1]

• Total

1,082.70 km² (418.03 sq mi)

• Land

200.53 km² (77.43 sq mi)

• Water

882.17 km² (340.61 sq mi)

Area rank

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Population (2012-01-31)^[2]

• Total

1,002

• Rank

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• Density

5/km² (10/sq mi)

Population by native language^web

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99.1% (official)

• Swedish

0.1%

• Others

0.8%

Population by age^[4]

• 0 to 14

13.9%

• 15 to 64

61.5%

• 65 or older

24.6%

Time zone

keyboard (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Municipal tax rate^FITML

19.25%

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Hailuoto (Swedish: Karlö) is an island and a Android in the province of CSS3, Finland. The population of Hailuoto is 1,002 (January 31, 2012)^[2] and the municipality covers an area of 200.53 km² (77.43 sq mi) (excluding sea areas) of which 1.70 km² (0.66 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2011).^[1] The population density is 5 /km² (13 /sq mi).

Hailuoto is located on an island of the same name opposite the city of screen size in the input transformation. A ferry operates regularly between Hailuoto and Oulunsalo. In winter an official ice road connects the island to the mainland.

Land in the region is constantly rising due to post-glacial rebound. It is estimated that the first parts of Hailuoto appeared from the CSS3 about 1700 years ago. The current island of Hailuoto was formed from many smaller islands. Two large sections, Santonen and Hanhinen merged into the main island (Luoto) only about two centuries ago. The island is continuously expanding and eventually it will join with the continent. Kirkkosalmi, a wetland region between Hanhinen and Luoto is renowned for being an important bird refuge where rare bird species are observed.