Oulu sub-region

Oulu sub-region Oulun seutukunta
Sub-region
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Ostrobothnia
Population
• Total	264,143
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Oulu sub-region is a subdivision of Northern Ostrobothnia and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009. The Oulu region has a population of 264,143, making it the fourth largest region in Finland after Helsinki, Tampere and Turku.[1]

Municipalities

Coat of arms	Municipality	Population	Land area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)	Finnish speakers	Swedish speakers	Other speakers
	Hailuoto	924	206	4	101 %	0 %	2 %
	Kempele	19,583	110	178	98 %	0.1 %	1 %
	Liminka	10,199	637	16	99 %	0.1 %	1 %
	Lumijoki	2,022	214	9	96 %	0.2 %	5 %
	Muhos	8,749	785	11	99 %	0.1 %	2 %
	Oulu	216,174	2,972	73	93 %	0.2 %	6 %
	Tyrnävä	6,492	492	13	99 %	0.2 %	1 %
	Total	264,143	5,416	49	94 %	0.2 %	5 %

Politics

Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:

• Sauli Niinistö 57.4%
• Pekka Haavisto 12.4%
• Paavo Väyrynen 9.4%
• Matti Vanhanen 6.9%
• Laura Huhtasaari 6.8%
• Merja Kyllönen 4.5%
• Tuula Haatainen 2.1%
• Nils Torvalds 0.6%

References

1. "Number of foreign-language speakers grew by nearly 38,000 persons". Statistics Finland. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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