Muhos is a municipality of northern Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu half an hour's drive (35 km) on route 22 from the city of Oulu, the capital of Northern Finland, and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 8,761 (31 August 2024)[2] and covers an area of 797.26 square kilometres (307.82 sq mi) of which 13.78 km2 (5.32 sq mi) is water. The population density is 11.17 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.9/sq mi).
Muhos | |
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Municipality | |
| Muhoksen kunta Muhos kommun | |
 Muhos Town Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Muhos in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 64°48′N 026°00′E / 64.800°N 26.000°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Oulu |
| Charter | 1865 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Kimmo Hinno |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 797.26 km2 (307.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 784.59 km2 (302.93 sq mi) |
| • Water | 13.78 km2 (5.32 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 106th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,761 |
| • Rank | 113th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.17/km2 (28.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 1.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 23.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 58.3% |
| • 65 or older | 18.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | muhos |
The river Oulujoki flows through the town and its countryside with the wide open plains of Ostrobothnia on the south side of the river and the forested hills of Kainuu on the northern side. Located in Muhos is the Pyhäkoski hydro-electric power plant which was commissioned in 1949 and has the highest fall in Finland (32.4 m). The power station has been designed by renowned Finnish architect Aarne Ervi.
Culture
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The town has a culture centre which consists of the town library and space for various cultural activities which can be rented for a nominal fee. The culture centre also has a movie theater.
Languages
editThe municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Transport
editRoad
editThe Finnish national road 22 between Oulu and Kajaani passes through the municipal center. There are several daily local bus connections to Oulu, and several long-distance connections to Kajaani and points east.
Rail
editOulu–Kontiomäki railway line runs through the municipal center. There are eight daily passenger trains, four each way, serving the community at Muhos railway station. The trains are operated by the national railway operator, VR Group.
Air
editThe closest commercial airport is Oulu Airport in Oulunsalo, 50 kilometres (30 mi) west.
Education
editSchools in Muhos:
- Muhos Upper secondary school
- Muhos Highschool (about 400 pupils )
- Muhos Elementary school (about 180 pupils)
- Korivaara Elementary school
- Huovila Elementary school
- Honkala Elementary school
- Hyrkki Elementary school
- Laitasaari Elementary school
Notable persons
editMiss Universe
editArmi Kuusela, winner of Miss Finland in 1952 and the Miss Universe 1952 beauty contest was born, raised and lived in Muhos. Muhos county has a village named Kylmälänkylä, which is thought to be the longest village in Finland.[citation needed]
Parliamentarians
editThe members of the parliament elected from Muhos have been Pirkko Mattila (True Finns 2011-), Ester Häikiö[5] (Finnish People's Democratic League 1951-1954) and Aaro Kauppi[6] (Agrarian League 1951–1954, 1956–1958 and 1963–1966, renamed as Centre Party 1965-1966) and Yrjö Kesti[7] (Small Farmers' Party of Finland 1930–1936).[8] Juhana Petter Valkola was a peasant deputy during the diet session 1877–1878.
During the great depression of the 1930s Muhos was one of the municipalities where the deficiency movements (pulaliikkeet, singular pulaliike) started to organise as critique to the cabinet parties. After the municipal elections of the year 1933, the biggest political group in the municipal council of Muhos was Muhoksen pulatoimikunta which was an elemental part of the movement in the southern regions of Oulu. In 1933 they had seven members of the council. In the northern Finland as the deficit movement was based on the small peasants' and was a critique for the Agrarian League and Kyösti Kallio, but in some cases it was a critique to the Social Democratic Party of Finland as well. Some parts of the deficiency movement was financed moderately by the Communist Party of Finland as its activities were forbidden by law in (1930–1944) to the end of the continuation war. In the 1930s the Communistic movement of Finland tried to go on its work in the Social Democratic organisations, which were not banned in Finland and less also in the deficiency movement.
The deficiency movements demanded the state take more effective measures to help the small peasants to avoid the compulsory auctions of the debt-driven small farms. Many of the farmsteads were bought in the auctions by the state and later returned to their former owners.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Eduskunta.fi
- ^ Small Peasants' Party of Finland
- ^ Kirjastovirma.net
- ^ Eduskunta.fi
- ^ JYX.jyu.fi
External links
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Media related to Muhos at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Muhos – Official website (in Finnish)
- pay&play golf course 12 holes – Official website (in Finnish)
