Editing Oulainen (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Oulainen
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Oulaisten kaupunki}}<br/>{{lang|sv|Oulainens stad}}
| settlement_type = Town
| motto = Syntyy ja tapahtuu.
| image_skyline = Oulainenen_June_2017.jpg
| image_caption   = The town center of Oulainen in 2017.
| image_shield = Oulainen.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size = 120x80px
| image_map = Oulainen sijainti Suomi.svg
| map_caption = Location of Oulainen in Finland
|coordinates = {{coord|64|16|N|024|49|E|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[North Ostrobothnia]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ylivieska sub-region|Ylivieska]]
| leader_title = [[Town manager]]
| leader_name = Riikka Moilanen
| established_title = [[Charter]]
| established_date = 1865
| established_title2 = [[City rights]]
| established_date2 = 1977
|area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Oulainen}}
|area_total_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Oulainen}}
|area_land_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_land_km2|Oulainen}}
|area_water_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Oulainen}}
|area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Oulainen}}
|population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Oulainen}}
|population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Oulainen}}
|population_total = {{Data Finland municipality|population_total|Oulainen}}
|population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Oulainen}}
|population_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|population_rank|Oulainen}}
|demographics_type1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type1|Oulainen}}
|demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Oulainen}}
|demographics1_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title1|Oulainen}}
|demographics1_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info1|Oulainen}}
|demographics1_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title2|Oulainen}}
|demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Oulainen}}
|demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Oulainen}}
|demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Oulainen}}
|demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Oulainen}}
|demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Oulainen}}
|demographics_type2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type2|Oulainen}}
|demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Oulainen}}
|demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Oulainen}}
|demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Oulainen}}
|demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Oulainen}}
|demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Oulainen}}
|demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Oulainen}}
|demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Oulainen}}
|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Oulainen}}
|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Oulainen}}
|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.oulainen.fi/}}
}}
'''Oulainen''' ({{langx|sv|Oulainen}}, also {{lang|sv|Oulais}}) is a [[List of cities and towns in Finland|town]] and a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[Northern Ostrobothnia]] [[regions of Finland|region]], {{convert|101|km}} south of the city of [[Oulu]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum:
{{Data Finland municipality/population count|Oulainen}}}}
({{#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|Oulainen}}|km2}} of
which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Oulainen}}|km2|abbr=on}}
is water.<ref name="total_area"/> The [[population density]] is
{{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Oulainen|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. Oulainen is founded in 1865, and it received township rights in 1977.

The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]]. The municipality has previously also been known as "{{lang|sv|Oulais}}" in [[Swedish language|Swedish]] documents, but is today referred to as "Oulainen" also in Swedish.<ref>[http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=461 Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Kuntien nimet<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223065114/http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=461 |date=2011-12-23 }}</ref>