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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Paltamo
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Paltamon kunta}}<br/>{{lang|sv|Paltamo kommun}}
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Paltamo Church and a small children's church.jpg
| image_caption = Paltamo Church
| image_shield = Paltamo.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size = 120x80px
| image_map = Paltamo sijainti Suomi.svg
| map_caption = Location of Paltamo in Finland
|coordinates = {{coord|64|24.5|N|027|50.5|E|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kainuu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2 = Kajaani
| leader_title = Municipal manager
| leader_name = Pasi Ahoniemi
|area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Paltamo}}
|area_total_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Paltamo}}
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|area_water_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Paltamo}}
|area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Paltamo}}
|population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Paltamo}}
|population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Paltamo}}
|population_total = {{Data Finland municipality|population_total|Paltamo}}
|population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Paltamo}}
|population_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|population_rank|Paltamo}}
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|demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Paltamo}}
|demographics1_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title1|Paltamo}}
|demographics1_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info1|Paltamo}}
|demographics1_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title2|Paltamo}}
|demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Paltamo}}
|demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Paltamo}}
|demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Paltamo}}
|demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Paltamo}}
|demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Paltamo}}
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|demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Paltamo}}
|demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Paltamo}}
|demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Paltamo}}
|demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Paltamo}}
|demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Paltamo}}
|demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Paltamo}}
|demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Paltamo}}
|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Paltamo}}
|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Paltamo}}
|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset = +02:00
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +03:00
| website = {{URL|https://www.paltamo.fi/en/}}
}}
'''Paltamo''' ({{langx|sv|Paltamo}}, also {{lang|sv|Paldamo}}) is a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is part of the [[Kainuu]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum:
{{Data Finland municipality/population count|Paltamo}}}}
({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}}
}})<ref name="population_count"/> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Paltamo}}|km2}} of
which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Paltamo}}|km2|abbr=on}}
is water.<ref name="total_area"/> The [[population density]] is
{{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Paltamo|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. There are two built-up areas in the municipality: Kontiomäki and Paltamo. Kontiomäki has about 600 inhabitants.
It is {{convert|37|km}} from Paltamo to [[Kajaani]] and {{convert|145|km}} to [[Oulu]].
The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].
==History==
{{More citations needed|section|date=July 2021}}
Paltamo was first inhabited 8,500 years ago. The most sophisticated finding yet has been a weapon shaped like a bear's head. In 1552 king [[Gustav Vasa]] gave an order in which the areas of the [[Lake Oulu]] were to be inhabited. 140 families left there. In 1555 it was counted that there were 133 families living in Paltamo. The picture{{clarify|date=July 2021}} church of Paltamo was built in 1726 by Johan Simonpoika Knubb. It was the fourth church on the site. One of the most important persons in the Finnish history of literature – [[Eino Leino]] – was born in Hövelö in 1878.<ref>[https://www.reijoheikkinen.fi/eino-leino-1878-1926/ Reijo Heikkinen: Runoruhtinas Eino Leino (1878–1926)] (in Finnish)</ref> Today Paltamo is one of the slowly declining municipalities of Finland.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
==Heraldry==
The word ''paltamo'' means a tar boat in the Kainuu dialect, which is the reason the [[coat of arms]] of Paltamo has three black tar boats on a golden background.
==See also==
* [[Finnish national road 22]]
* [[Paltaniemi]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Paltamo}}
{{wikivoyage inline|Paltamo}}
*[https://www.paltamo.fi/en/ Municipality of Paltamo] – Official website
*[http://www.karttatiimi.fi/paltamo/map.php Clickable map of Paltamo municipality]
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Paltamo
| N  = [[Puolanka]]
| E  = [[Ristijärvi]]
| SE = [[Sotkamo]]
| S  = [[Kajaani]]
| W  = [[Vaala]] ([[North Ostrobothnia]])
| NW =
}}
{{Kainuu}}
{{authority control}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of Kainuu]]
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