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It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,825
(31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 1,592.03 square kilometres (614.69 sq mi) of
which 32.66 km2 (12.61 sq mi)
is water.[1] The population density is
1.81 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi).
Tervola is named after its first Finnish settler, a Savonian named Olli Paavonpoika Tervonen, mentioned on a tax list from the year 1579. The part of the Kemijoki between Paakkola and Rovaniemi was essentially uninhabited before his family's arrival.
The area was originally subordinate to Kemi, becoming a chapel community in 1627 under the name Lapinniemi, while the settlement name Tervola was first mentioned in 1796. Tervola became an independent parish in 1860.[6]
