Oulu Finland

Oulu Finland
Oulu, Erkkola Oulujoen varrella
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Type of Municipality	City
Date Established	April 8, 1605
Area	1,473.95 sq.mi3,817.516 sq.km <br />943,328 Acres <br />
Elevation	3 ft0.914 m <br />
Population	208,939208,939 people <br />
Timezone	UTC+3

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Oulu is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of 208,939 inhabitants (31 December 2021) in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere and Vantaa, and the fourth largest urban area in the country after Helsinki, Tampere and Turku. Oulu's neighbouring municipalities are: Hailuoto, Ii, Kempele, Liminka, Lumijoki, Muhos, Pudasjärvi, Tyrnävä and Utajärvi.

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		Lighting Infrastructure as a Service Platform
		Lighting infrastructure is centrally located in city, close to people and activities. It provides excellent opportunity to collect and deliver information and services beyond lighting. Project targets to employ lighting infrastructure as the IoT backbone for different services in urban environments.
		Piloting lighting infrastructure as a service platform for smart lighting solutions
		Lighting infrastructure is centrally located in city, close to people and activities. It provides excellent opportunity to collect and deliver information and services beyond lighting. Project targets to employ lighting infrastructure as the IoT backbone for different services in urban environments.

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Due to its large population and geopolitically economic and cultural-historical location, Oulu has been called the "capital of Northern Finland". Oulu is also considered one of Europe's "living labs", where residents experiment with new technology (such as NFC tags and ubi-screens) on a community-wide scale. Despite not even making part of the top 250 universities for information technology , the University of Oulu is regionally known in the field of information technology. Oulu has also been very successful in recent urban image surveys; in a study published by the Finnish Economic Survey in 2008, it received the best ranking of large cities in image ratings across the country, including ratings from respondents in all provinces.

Once known for wood tar and salmon, Oulu has evolved into a major high-tech centre, particularly in IT and wellness technology. Other prominent industries include wood refining, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, paper, and steel.

Oulu is chosen as the European Capital of Culture in 2026.