Ylikiiminki

Ylikiiminki
Former municipality
Ylikiimingin kunta Överkiminge kommun
Ylikiiminki Church, built in 1786.
Coat of arms
Location of Ylikiiminki in Finland
Coordinates: 65°02′N 026°09′E / 65.033°N 26.150°E / 65.033; 26.150
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Oulu Arc sub-region
Charter	1867
Consolidated	2009
Area [1]
• Total	1,063.9 km2 (410.8 sq mi)
• Land	1,040.66 km2 (401.80 sq mi)
• Water	23.24 km2 (8.97 sq mi)
Population  (2008-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,512
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.ylikiiminki.fi

Ylikiiminki (Swedish: Överkiminge) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2009.

It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 3,512 (31 December 2008)^[2] and covered a land area of 1,040.66 km² (401.80 sq mi).^[1] The population density was 3.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.7/sq mi). The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Neighbouring municipalities were Haukipudas, Kiiminki, Muhos, Oulu, Pudasjärvi, Utajärvi and Yli-Ii. Oulujoki municipality, closed in 1965, was also a neighbouring municipality.

Media related to Ylikiiminki at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Ylikiiminki – official site

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