Isokyrö

Isokyrö
Storkyro
Municipality
Isokyrön kunta

Isokyrö Church

Coat of arms

Location of Isokyrö in Finland
Coordinates: 63°00′N 022°19′E / 63.000°N 22.317°ECoordinates: 63°00′N 022°19′E / 63.000°N 22.317°E
Country Finland
Region Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Kyrönmaa sub-region
Charter 1785
Government
  Municipality manager Eino Toivola
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 356.99 km2 (137.83 sq mi)
  Land 354.20 km2 (136.76 sq mi)
  Water 2.79 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Area rank 263rd largest in Finland
Population (2014-11-30)[2]
  Total 4,855
  Rank 192nd largest in Finland
  Density 13.71/km2 (35.5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 98.9% (official)
  Swedish 0.6%
  Others 0.5%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 17.6%
  15 to 64 61%
  65 or older 21.4%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20.25%
Website www.isokyro.fi

Isokyrö (Swedish: Storkyro) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,855 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of 356.99 square kilometres (137.83 sq mi) of which 2.79 km2 (1.08 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 13.71 inhabitants per square kilometre (35.5/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

There are 13.000 hectares of cultivated fields.[6]

References

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  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. 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. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. http://www.isokyro.fi/?lang=en

External links

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