Puolangan kunta
Coat of Arms Location
Province	Oulu
Region	Kainuu
Sub-region	Kehys-Kainuu
Area - Of which land - Rank	2,599. The state of Finland consists of 6 provinces ( Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län) The Province of Oulu is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Lapland, Western Finland and Eastern Finland. Finland is divided into 20 regions ( maakunta in Finnish, landskap in Swedish) Kainuu (Kajanaland is a region ( maakunta / landskap) of Finland. In 2005 Finland is divided into 77 sub-regions ( seutukunta in Finnish, ekonomisk region in Swedish) 79 km² 2,467. 23 km² ranked 21st
Population - Density - Change - Rank	3,472 (2004) 1. This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by Area as of 1st of January 2006: 17333 4 inh. /km² - 2. 5% ranked 267th
Urbanisation	52. This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by Population as of 31st of December 2005: Helsinki (Helsingfors Urbanizationn (also spelled urbanisation) is the physical growth of Urban areas into rural or natural land as a result of population in-migration to an existing 2%
Unemployment	24. Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work but the person is without work. 9%
Official languages	Finnish
Municipal manager	Seppo Rajala
Home page	http://www.puolanka.fi/

Puolanka is a municipality in Finland and is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Kainuu region. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a City, in a council-manager form of city government ||-||}The municipalities ( kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The state of Finland consists of 6 provinces ( Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län) The Province of Oulu is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Lapland, Western Finland and Eastern Finland. Kainuu (Kajanaland is a region ( maakunta / landskap) of Finland. Finland is divided into 20 regions ( maakunta in Finnish, landskap in Swedish) The municipality has a population of 3,472 and covers an area of 2,599. 79 km² of which 132. 56 km² is water. The population density is 1. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 4 inhabitants per km².

The highest waterfall in Finland, Hepoköngäs is located 16 km from the center of Puolanka. A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water often in the form of a Stream, flowing over an Erosion -resistant rock

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside The municipality has previously also been known as "Puolango" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Puolanka" also in Swedish. ^[1]

References

External links

• Official website of Puolanka municipality

With its drop of 24 meters Hepoköngäs is the highest waterfall in Finland.