Ii, Finland
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| Iin kunta | ||
Roadsign marking the entrance to Ii
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| Location of Ii in Finland Location of Ii in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Northern Ostrobothnia | |
| Sub-region | Oulu Arc sub-region | |
| Charter | 1445 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Markku Kehus | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 2,809.23 km2 (1,084.65 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,552.54 km2 (599.44 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 1,256.69 km2 (485.21 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 22nd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 9,689 | |
| • Rank | 111th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 6.24/km2 (16.2/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.5% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 0.4% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 23.1% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.1% | |
| • 65 or older | 15.8% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% | |
| Website | www.ii.fi | |
Ii (Swedish: Ijo) is a municipality of Finland.
It is situated by the Bothnian Bay, at the mouth of river Iijoki, and it is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 9,689 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 2,809.23 square kilometres (1,084.65 sq mi) of which 1,256.69 km2 (485.21 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.2/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Ii merged with Kuivaniemi on 1 January 2007. The formed municipality is called Ii but it adopted the coat of arms of Kuivaniemi. Ii is notable for having the shortest place name in Finland, and also one of the shortest ones in the world. The etymology is not definitively established; options are either Germanic origin or Sami origin. In the latter, it would mean "a place to stay overnight in"; cf. Northern Sami idja "night".[6]
Beginning in 2008, Ii is home to the ART Ii Biennale of Northern Environmental and Sculpture Art, an international art fair.
Ice hockey player Juhamatti Aaltonen is from Ii, and currently plays for the Finnish team Helsingin Jokerit.
References
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External links
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for [[Wikivoyage:Ii#Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Ii]]. |
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Ii – Official website
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