Myrskylä

Myrskylä
Myrskylä – Mörskom
—  Municipality  —
Myrskylän kunta
Mörskom kommun
Myrskylä Church

Coat of arms
Location of Myrskylä in Finland
Coordinates:
Country Finland
Region Uusimaa
Sub-region Porvoo sub-region
Charter 1636
Government
 • Municipality manager Jouko Asuja
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 206.34 km2 (79.7 sq mi)
 • Land 200.36 km2 (77.4 sq mi)
 • Water 5.98 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Area rank 298th largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
 • Total 2,001
 • Rank 291st largest in Finland
 • Density 9.99/km2 (25.9/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 87.2% (official)
 • Swedish 10.8% (official)
 • Others 2%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 17.4%
 • 15 to 64 61.6%
 • 65 or older 21%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20%
Urbanisation 44.6%
Unemployment rate 11.0%
Website www.myrskyla.fi

Myrskylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmyrskylæ]; Swedish: Mörskom) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,001 (31 January 2011)[2] and covers an area of 206.34 square kilometres (79.67 sq mi) of which 5.98 km2 (2.31 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 9.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (25.9 /sq mi).

The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.

Myrskylä is the birthplace of former Olympic track champion Lasse Virén. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Myrskylä:

References

  1. ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 
  3. ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
  4. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 

External links

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