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Ii (Finnish pronunciation: [iː]; Swedish: Ijo) is a municipality of Finnland.

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:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)^[1] and covers an area of ^{[convert: invalid number]} of which ^{[convert: invalid number]} is water.^[2] The population density is ^{[convert: invalid number]}.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Ii merged with Kuivaniemi on 1 January 2007. The formed municipality is called Ii but it adopted the coat of arms of Kuivaniemi. 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".^[3]

Beginning in 2008, Ii is home to the ART Ii Biennale of Northern Environmental and Sculpture Art, an international art fair.

Menschen

Juhamatti Aaltonen, ice hockey player, currently plays for the Swedish team Rögle BK.
Pekka Ahmavaara, politician, father of Arvi Ahmavaara who also was politician
Liisa Hyssälä, politician
Tanja Kari, paralympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing
Sanna Koivisto, sculptor

References

^ Cite error: The named reference population_count was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference total_area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Hyyryläinen, Toivo: Kahden kirjaimen pitäjä, Iin perinnekirja. Saarijärven Offset, 2006.

External links

Media related to Ii at Wikimedia Commons

Municipality of Ii – Official website, finnish, english

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[3] Hyyryläinen, Toivo: Kahden kirjaimen pitäjä, Iin perinnekirja. Saarijärven Offset, 2006.

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 == People ==
-*[[Juhamatti Aaltonen]], ice hockey player, currently plays for the Finnish team [[HIFK (ice hockey)|HIFK]].
+*[[Juhamatti Aaltonen]], ice hockey player, currently plays for the Swedish team [[Rögle BK]].
 *[[Pekka Ahmavaara]], politician, father of Arvi Ahmavaara who also was politician
 *[[Liisa Hyssälä]], politician

v t e Municipalities of North Ostrobothnia
Municipalities	Alavieska Haapajärvi Haapavesi Hailuoto Ii Kalajoki Kempele Kuusamo Kärsämäki Liminka Lumijoki Merijärvi Muhos Nivala Oulainen Oulu Pudasjärvi Pyhäjoki Pyhäjärvi Pyhäntä Raahe Reisjärvi Sievi Siikajoki Siikalatva Taivalkoski Tyrnävä Utajärvi Vaala Ylivieska
Former	Haukipudas Himanka Kestilä Kiiminki Kuivaniemi Oulujoki Oulunsalo Paavola Pattijoki Piippola Pulkkila Rantsila Rautio Revonlahti Ruukki Saloinen Temmes Vihanti Yli-Ii Ylikiiminki
North Ostrobothnia Finnland