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Pudasjärvi is a town and a municipality of Finland
Pudasjärvi is located in Northern Finland in the province of Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, by the river Iijoki.
Pudasjärvi consists of city center Kurenala,15 main villages and several smaller villages.
The nature in Pudasjärvi is very many-sided. The southern and the western parts are lowlying swamp area divided by islands of forest. The swamps are mostly very open and wet. Half of the commune area is swamp area. Some of the swamps have been drained to get forest area and arable land, and nowadays to produce peat.
The scenery in the eastern parts of the commune consists of hills and even mountain fells
Over 200 sq km of the Pudasjärvis' area is water. The river Iijoki flows through the commune from east to west. Many other rivers and waters join the river Iijoki.
History of Pudasjärvi
Before the Lapps populated the river basin of Iijoki, the area was populated by hunting and fishing stoneage people. Many place-names date from the Lapps settlement, places like Lapinniemi, Puhos and Kollaja.
About a thousand years ago the people of Häme came to the river valleys of Iijoki to their huntingtrips.
In the 13th century the coast of the northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia was populated and the area became a hunting area for the coasts' inhabitants. The people of Russian Karelia and Ostorbothnia used the river Iijoki as a route on their trade a nd persecution journeys. The waterway with a lot of islands was named Pudasjärvi.
In the 1570's a dozen families from the Savo settled down in the basins of the river Iijoki and river Livojoki. They were attracted to the area because of the good burn-beaten land.
In 1639 Pudasjärvi became an independent vicariate.
Until the 20th century the population in Pudasjärvi earned their living from hunting, fishing, reindeer management, agriculture and forestry. Pudasjärvi was a significant producer of butter and tar.
In the beginnig of the 20th century industry was mainly home industry. The only industrial establishments were the flour mills and sawmills. It wasn't until after the wars that small-scale industry was developed.
Source Pudasjärvi town
Pudasjärvi villages
Hetejärvi I Iinattijärvi I Jonku I Jurmu I Kollaja I Korpinen I Kurki I Livo I Naamanka I Pudasjärvi, kirkonkylä I Puhos I Ranua I Sarajärvi I Siurua I Sotkajärvi I Tyräjärvi I
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Pudasjärvi Parish in Digihakemisto
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On 28th June.2017