haapavesi upper secondary school
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Haapavesi upper secondary school. Haapaveden lukio. Finland. Area: total: 338,145 sq km land: 304,473 sq km water: 33,672 sq km Population 5,244,749 0-14 years: 16.6% 15-64 years: 66.8% 65 years and over: 16.6%. Finland. Median age: total: 41.8 years - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Haapavesi upper secondary
school
Haapaveden lukio
Finland
* Area:
* total: 338,145 sq km
* land: 304,473 sq km
* water: 33,672 sq km
* Population 5,244,749
* 0-14 years: 16.6%
* 15-64 years: 66.8%
* 65 years and over: 16.6%
Finland
* Median age:
* total: 41.8 years
* male: 40.3 years female: 43.4 years
* School life expectancy (primary to
tertiary education)
* total: 17 years, male: 17 years, female:
18 years (2006)
Haapavesi
* The population is about 7 500 and the
area is 1 086,27 square kilometers, if
which 36,72 square kilometers is water
and population density is about 7
persons/km2
* 0-14 years 20,10%
* 15-64 years 63,11%
* 65 and over 16,79%
Economy
* Entrepreneurship is based on raw
materials which are refined by, for
example, Vapo and Valio, which is
specially well know for its Oltermanni
cheese. The biggest peat powerplant in
the world, Kanteleen voima, which
produces only electricity is situated in
Eskolanniemi, Haapavesi
Schools
* Educational institutes situated in
Haapavesi are
* 8 elementary schools, 1 upper level of
comprehensive school
* Haapavesi vocational institute
* Folk high school
* Haapavesi institute
* Haapavesi upper secondary school
Distances
* 516 kilometers to Helsinki
* 121 kilometers to Oulu
* 35 kilometers to the nearest railway
station in Oulainen
* 125 kilometers to the nearest airport in
Oulu (Oulunsalo)
Haapavesi upper secondary
school* About 180 students and about 10
students taking double exam and about
10 students doing distance studies
* International activities
* Student trips to Sweden, France,
Germany, Italy
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* School has good relationships with
university of Oulu
* ICT-line, where students can take
studies from Department of Information
Processing Science
* Students can go to study at Oulu
university without entrance exam
* Chemistry and science studies