Established 1865 Area rank 8th largest in Finland Local time Wednesday 11:12 PM | City rights 2004 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Region Northern Ostrobothnia | |
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Pudasjärvi is a town and a municipality of Finland.
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Map of 93100 Pudasj%C3%A4rvi, Finland
It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The city has a population of 8,242 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 5,637.30 square kilometres (2,176.57 sq mi) of which 228.67 km2 (88.29 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.46 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.8/sq mi). Pudasjärvi is by area the second largest town in Finland (as of 2006, Rovaniemi is the largest) and one of the largest in the world.
Pudasjärvi is famed for its nature, and is the home of the southernmost fell area in Finland, Syöte.
The oldest dated rock formations within the European Union can be found in Siuruankylä, Pudasjärvi. The trondhjemite gneiss is aged 3,500 million years.
Two famous Finnish melodic death metal bands, Kalmah and Eternal Tears of Sorrow have been formed in Pudasjärvi.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Pudasjärvi: