Paltaniemi is a village on the shores of Lake Oulujärvi, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the Kajaani's town center in Kainuu, Finland. It has a population of 291 inhabitants (in December 2020).[1] The Kajaani Airport is located in the eastern side of the village.
Paltaniemi | |
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Village | |
 Paltaniemi Church from 1726. | |
  Paltaniemi Location in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 64°16′51″N 27°39′06″E / 64.28083°N 27.65167°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Kainuu |
| Municipality | Kajaani |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.55 km2 (0.98 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 291 |
| • Density | 1,141/km2 (2,960/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
From the 17th century until the end of the 19th century, Paltaniemi was the spiritual center of Kainuu, where the most important priests and officials of the parish lived.[2] Paltaniemi's current wooden church, completed in 1726, is the village's third; the first church was destroyed in an earthquake in 1626 and the second church was burned by the Russians during the Great Wrath in 1716.[2] Paltaniemi belonged to Paltamo municipality until 1954, before the village was incorporated into Kajaanin maalaiskunta.[2]
Paltaniemi is especially known as the birthplace of the Finnish poet Eino Leino,[3] and the Eino Leino House museum is located on the site of his former birthplace.[4] Elias Lönnrot, known as the compiler of the Finnish national epic Kalevala, also lived in the village while working as a doctor in Kajaani.[2][5] The German zoologist Fritz Remmler, who also worked as a Gestapo spy, maintained a zoological station in Paltaniemi between 1928 and 1939.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Taajamat väkiluvun ja väestöntiheyden mukaan 31.12.2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Suutari, Tiina (16 March 2021). "Kotiseutuna Kajaani: Maanjäristys tuhosi ensimmäisen kirkon Paltaniemellä – Kirkkoaholla on toiminut erikoinen eläintarha". Kainuun Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Paltaniemi, synnyinseutu" (in Finnish). Kainuun Eino Leino -seura ry. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Eino Leino -talo Kajaanin Paltaniemellä" (in Finnish). Visit Kajaani. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Piippo, Esko (28 February 2021). "Näkökulma: Elias Lönnrotin Hövelön aika". Kainuun Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
External links edit
- Paltaniemi's location at Fonecta
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