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*[[Juhamatti Aaltonen]], ice hockey player, currently plays for the |
*[[Juhamatti Aaltonen]], ice hockey player, currently plays for the Swedish team [[Rögle BK]]. |
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*[[Pekka Ahmavaara]], politician, father of Arvi Ahmavaara who also was politician |
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*[[Liisa Hyssälä]], politician |
*[[Liisa Hyssälä]], politician |
Revision as of 15:16, 21 April 2018
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality
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
External links
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Media related to Ii at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Ii – Official website, finnish, english