Köyliö
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| Köyliö Kjulo | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Köyliön kunta | ||
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| Coordinates: 61°07′N 022°18.5′E / 61.117°N 22.3083°ECoordinates: 61°07′N 022°18.5′E / 61.117°N 22.3083°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Satakunta | |
| Sub-region | Rauma sub-region | |
| Charter | 1870 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Seppo Saarinen | |
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 259.27 km2 (100.10 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 246.06 km2 (95.00 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 13.21 km2 (5.10 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 286th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2013-08-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 2,771 | |
| • Rank | 257th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 11.26/km2 (29.2/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.3% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.2% | |
| • Others | 0.5% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 16.1% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.4% | |
| • 65 or older | 22.5% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% | |
| Website | www.koylio.fi | |
Köyliö (Swedish: Kjulo) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 2,771 (31 August 2013)[2] and covers an area of 259.27 square kilometres (100.10 sq mi) of which 13.21 km2 (5.10 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.26 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.2 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
It is said that the peasant Lalli murdered the English bishop Henry on the ice of Lake Köyliö in 1155 AD, during the first Swedish Crusade into Finland. A statue to Lalli was erected at Köyliö in 1989.
Twinnings
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.8.2013" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "Sõprusvallad" (in Estonian). Kõo Parish. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
External links
Media related to Köyliö at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Köyliö – Official website
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