Pulkkila

Pulkkila is a former municipality and a village located in Northern Finland. Pulkkila is the administrative center of the municipality of Siikalatva and belongs to the region of Northern Ostrobothnia.

Pulkkila
Village, former municipality
Pulkkilan kunta Pulkkila kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Pulkkila in Finland
Coordinates: 64°16′N 025°52′E
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Siikalatva sub-region
Charter	1867
Consolidated	2009
Area [1]
• Total	411.23 km2 (158.78 sq mi)
• Land	381.4 km2 (147.3 sq mi)
• Water	29.83 km2 (11.52 sq mi)
Population  (2015-12-31)[2]
• Total	792
• Density	1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

The village is located 90 kilometres (56 mi) south from Oulu and 250 kilometres (160 mi) north from Jyväskylä. Pulkkila has 792 inhabitants and the village is unilingually Finnish.

Pulkkila is best known for its metal industry and the artificial lake of Uljua.

Pulkkila was an independent municipality until it was consolidated with Kestilä, Piippola and Rantsila on 1 January 2009 to form a new municipality of Siikalatva.^[3]

Notable persons from Pulkkila

• Pentti Haanpää, writer
• T. I. Itkonen
• Ilmari Kianto, writer