Korpo
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Korpo kommun - Korppoon kunta | |||||
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Province | Western Finland | ||||
Region | Finland Proper | ||||
Sub-region | Åboland | ||||
Area - Of which land - Rank |
170.11 km² 168.85 km² ranked 359th |
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Population - Density - Change - Rank |
889 (2004) 5.3 inh./km² - 3.5% ranked 413th |
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Urbanisation | 33.6% | ||||
Unemployment | 10.7% | ||||
Official languages | Swedish, Finnish | ||||
Municipal manager | Patrik Nygrén | ||||
Home page | http://www.korpo.fi |
Korpo (pronounced [?]), or Korppoo ([ˈkorpːoː]) in Finnish, is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 889 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 170.11 km² (excluding sea) of which 1.26 km² is inland water. The population density is 5.27 inhabitants per km². Utö, the southernmost inhabited island of Finland belongs to the municipality.
The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.
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