Ii, Finland
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Ii (Template:IPA; Template:Langx) 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 Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is Template:Convert.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Ii merged with Kuivaniemi on 1 January 2007. The new municipality retained the name Ii, but adopted the coat of arms of Kuivaniemi.
Beginning in 2008, Ii is home to the ART Ii Biennale of Northern Environmental and Sculpture Art, an international art fair.
The city has ambition to become the first zero waste town in the world, and its municipal manager claims that it does not use fossil fuels for energy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Etymology
Ii is named after the river Iijoki. The original name of the settlement was Iijoen kylä, first mentioned in 1374 as Yioki when it was a chapel community within the Pedersöre parish. The marketplace Iin Hamina has existed since the 14th century. Ii became a separate parish sometime before 1445.
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".<ref>Hyyryläinen, Toivo: Kahden kirjaimen pitäjä, Iin perinnekirja. Saarijärven Offset, 2006.</ref>
History
The parish of Ii was originally larger than the modern municipality: it included Pudasjärvi and Taivalkoski until 1639, Kiiminki, Ylikiiminki and Haukipudas until 1858. The municipality of Kuivaniemi was split off in 1919 and Yli-Ii was split off in 1924.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kuivaniemi became a part of Ii again in 2007. When Yli-Ii was merged into Oulu, a part of it was given to Ii as an exclave. This exclave contains the Pahkakoski hydroelectric power plant.
The village of Jakkukylä and its surroundings, originally part of Yli-Ii and a part of Oulu from 2013, decided to join Ii in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Clear left
Demographics
Population
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Languages
The population by language (mother tongue) on 31 December 2022. Finnish (Template:Lang), Swedish (Template:Lang) and Sami (Template:Lang) count as indigenous languages as they have official status in the country. The rest of the languages are counted as foreign. For languages with fewer than 10 speakers, the figure is hidden by Statistics Finland due to confidentiality reasons.<ref name="statfin1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="statfin2">Template:Cite web</ref>
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Politics
Municipal council
Distribution of mandates in Ii municipality, elections of 1976–2021 years.
Economy
Culture
Notable people
- Juhamatti Aaltonen, ice hockey player.<ref name=hs050708>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- Pekka Ahmavaara, politician and father of Arvi Ahmavaara, another politician.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Liisa Hyssälä, politician.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Hannu Järvenpää, ice hockey player and coach.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Tanja Kari, Paralympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing.
- Fanni Luukkonen, chairman of Lotta Svärd.
- Leo Skurnik, physician.
References
External links
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- Municipality of Ii – Official website
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