It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.

The municipality had a population of 4,505 (31 December 2006)[2] and covered an area of 772.58 square kilometres (298.29 sq mi) of which 5.79 km2 (2.24 sq mi) is water.

The population density was 5.88 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.2/sq mi).

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