Interesting Facts About Ii Finland

Li is a municipality of Finland.  It is situated by the Bothnian Bay, at the mouth of the river Iijoki, and it is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. It has a population of 9,768 as on 31 December 2023 and covers an area of 2,872.44 km2 (1,109.06 sq mi) of which 1,256.69 km2 (485.21 sq mi) is water. The population density is 6.05/km2 (15.7/sq mi).

Some noteable and reowned people from the region are as below. 

• Juhamatti Aaltonen, ice hockey player
• Pekka Ahmavaara, politician and father of Arvi Ahmavaara, another politician
• Liisa Hyssälä, politician
• Hannu Järvenpää, ice hockey player and coach
• Tanja Kari, Paralympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing
• Sanna Koivisto, sculptor

Ii merged with Kuivaniemi on 1 January 2007. 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 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.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.