Tervola

Tervola [ tɛrvɔlɑ ] is a Finnish municipality in Lapland.

It includes the towns of Koivu, Lapinniemi, Runkaus and Ylipaakkola. Although the place Koivu is on the railway line between Kemi and Rovaniemi; Passenger trains stop but since 2003 no longer at this station; the passenger will be handled by buses.

Located in the capital of Tervola there are no less than three churches: The Old Church is a built in 1687-89 wooden church. The Church of Tervola is also wood construction and dates back to 1864. The latest church is the 1974 completed community center from Tervola.

Old church of Tervola

Policy

Management The policy in Tervola is dominated, as in many places in Finnish Lapland by two parties. The strongest political force in the local council, the highest decision-making authority in municipal matters, with 10 of 21 seats, the Centre Party, followed by the Lapland traditionally strong links alliance with 7 seats. In the local elections of 2008, the Left Alliance in Tervola could even achieve its finland far best result with a vote share of 35.5 %. The other two major parties in Finland, however, hardly play a role in Tervola: the Social Democrats were able to achieve with a single-digit election result only two seats, while the conservative National Coalition Party missed a place in the council. Furthermore, the free Wählergemeinschaft Tervolan sitoutumattomat is represented by two seats in the municipal council.

Sons and daughters

• Päivi Alafrantti (born 1964 ), athlete
• Matthias Alexander Castrén (1813-1852), philologist and ethnologist