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    Paltamo (Swedish: Paltamo, also Paldamo) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of 3,037 (31...
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    "Kainuu Sea", and it is bordered by the three municipalities of Vaala, Paltamo, and Kajaani. About 40 percent of the lake is in Vaala. Mulkkusaaret Finnish...
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    Stone Age bear head gavel found in Paltamo, Kainuu...
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  • (6) Puolanka (9) Suomussalmi (7) Kajaani sub-region Kajaani (Kajana) (1) Paltamo (3) Ristijärvi (4) Sotkamo (5) Vaala (2) Municipalities of Northern Ostrobothnia...
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    (빙어) and typically eaten alive or deep-fried. In Finland, the province of Paltamo has yearly Norssikarnevaali festivals in the middle of May. For some Italians...
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    shorelines, open waters and islands in Kainuu belong to the municipalities of Paltamo and Kajaani. The highest point in Kainuu is the Iso Tuomivaara (385 m)...
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    built a jail complete with cells, barred windows and small toilets in Paltamo, Kainuu. The murders led to widespread media publicity, during which hundreds...
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  • Mulkkusaaret (category Paltamo)
    is a group of three small islands and one rock in lake Oulujärvi in the Paltamo municipality in Finland. The islands are located north of Tevä island,...
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    Eino Leino (category People from Paltamo)
    Finnish flag day. Eino Leino was baptized as Armas Einar Leopold Lönnbohm in Paltamo as the seventh and youngest son in a family of ten children. Leino's family...
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    a team led by Pauline Roussin-Bouchard. 2011 Mandatum Life Final 2012 Paltamo Ladies Open, Finnish Stroke Play Source: Amateur European Ladies' Team...
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  • Kajanaland) in Finland are divided into two sub-regions. Kajaani (Kajana) Paltamo Ristijärvi Sotkamo Hyrynsalmi Kuhmo Puolanka Suomussalmi Kajaanin maalaiskunta...
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    Paltaniemi, due to which the parish was now known as Paltamo. Säräisniemi acquired its own church under Paltamo in 1779 and became a separate parish and municipality...
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  • 523 2,726 5.2 Paimio (Swedish: Pemar) Paimio (Vista) 239 11,236 47.1 Paltamo Paltamo 919 3,037 3.3 Pargas (Finnish: Parainen) Pargas 884 14,999 17.0 Parikkala...
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    Kärsämäki Liminka Lumijoki Merijärvi Muhos Nivala Oulainen Oulu Oulunsalo Paltamo Pudasjärvi Puolanka Pyhäjoki Pyhäjärvi Pyhäntä Raahe Reisjärvi Ristijärvi...
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  • surname is common in Kainuu, particularly in Puolanka, Ristijärvi and Paltamo, it is relatively rare elsewhere in Finland. All total, 1,060 people, living...
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    Kivesjärvi (category Lakes of Paltamo)
    Kivesjärvi is a medium-sized lake in Paltamo, Finland. Curiously, the name Kivesjärvi literally means "testicle lake". Some say that the name derive from...
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  • (2) 9 Jun Infra Kiri Open Pirkanmaa 10,000 Sakke Siltala (a) (1) 14 Jun Paltamo Open Kainuu 10,000 Joachim Altonen (2) 20 Jun SM Reikäpeli Kanta-Häme n/a...
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  • philosophy at Turku Academy in 1680. Erik Cajanus (1658–1723), Priest of Paltamo Juhana Fredrik Cajan (1815–1887), historian Robert Kajanus (1856–1933)...
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    Sweden. His father, Mehrdad, is from Iran and his mother, Ritva, is from Paltamo, Finland. Mehrdad, a Christian, left Iran in 1983 due to religious persecution...
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    to station at Kontiomäki, which is a junction of five railway lines in Paltamo municipality, approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) north from the city of...
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    Valtimo. Kainuu dialects are spoken in Hyrynsalmi, Kajaani, Kuhmo, Kuusamo, Paltamo, Posio, Pudasjärvi, Puolanka, Ranua (Southern part), Ristijärvi, Sotkamo...
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    age axe head with a human figure, Kiuruvesi Stone age bear head cudgel, Paltamo Moose head figurine Astuvansalmi rock paintings (moose, human figures and...
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    after which the reestablished parish was known as Paltamo. Manamansalo remained part of Paltamo until Säräisniemi was separated from it in 1864. The...
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    by the Russians during the Great Wrath in 1716. Paltaniemi belonged to Paltamo municipality until 1954, before the village was incorporated into Kajaanin...
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  • modern-day Kainuu. In 1663, the provost of Paltamo Johannes Cajanus referred to the inhabitants of Paltamo and Sotkamo ("Cainoa") as "cainolaiset". However...
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    Daniel Cajanus (category People from Paltamo)
    their way into museums, where some parts still remain. Cajanus was born in Paltamo, Oulu, Swedish Finland, the son of a clergyman. His Latinized surname might...
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    Coat of arms Municipality Kajaani (city) Paltamo (municipality) Ristijärvi (municipality) Sotkamo (municipality)...
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  • in 1746, the Alavieska church, and altarpieces for churches in Paavola, Paltamo, and Pielavesi, which are now in the National Museum of Finland. His son...
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    the altarpieces of a long line of churches, such as in the churches of Paltamo in 1727 and Säkylä in 1739. Ladies' Salon Aartomaa, Ulla (toim.), Naisten...
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  • Kiiminkijoki (in Haukipudas) Oulu River (in Oulu) lake Oulujärvi Kiehimänjoki (in Paltamo) Kajaaninjoki (near Kajaani) Pyhäjoki River (in Pyhäjoki) Kalajoki River...
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