Pöytyä
| Pöytyä | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Pöytyän kunta | ||
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| Coordinates: 60°43′N 022°36′E / 60.717°N 22.600°ECoordinates: 60°43′N 022°36′E / 60.717°N 22.600°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Finland Proper | |
| Sub-region | Loimaa sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Kari Jokela | |
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 773.69 km2 (298.72 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 750.01 km2 (289.58 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 23.68 km2 (9.14 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 153rd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2014-01-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 8,485 | |
| • Rank | 128th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 11.31/km2 (29.3/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 98.6% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.4% | |
| • Others | 1% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 18.2% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 62% | |
| • 65 or older | 19.9% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Website | www.poytya.fi | |
Pöytyä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpøyty.æ]) (Swedish: Pöytis) 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 8,485 (31 January 2014)[2] and covers an area of 773.69 square kilometres (298.72 sq mi) of which 23.68 km2 (9.14 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.31 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.3 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also known as Pöytis in Swedish documents[6]
The neighbouring municipality of Karinainen was merged into Pöytyä in the beginning of 2005. The neighbouring municipality of Yläne was merged into Pöytyä in the beginning of 2009.
Gallery
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Town Hall
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Kuhankuono Boundary stone in Kurjenrahka National Park
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Old main road Turku-Tampere in northern Pöytyä
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Community health center, Riihikoski
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Church
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Library
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Pöyryä church; photo taken from road 41
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 31.1.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Svenska ortnamn i Finland
External links
Media related to Pöytyä at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Pöytyä – Official website (Finnish)
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