Pomarkku

Pomarkku
Municipality
Pomarkun kunta

Pomarkku River

Coat of arms

Location of Pomarkku in Finland
Coordinates: 61°41.5′N 022°00.5′E / 61.6917°N 22.0083°ECoordinates: 61°41.5′N 022°00.5′E / 61.6917°N 22.0083°E
Country Finland
Region Satakunta
Sub-region Pori sub-region
Charter 1868
Government
  Municipal manager Eero Mattsson
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 332.04 km2 (128.20 sq mi)
  Land 301.09 km2 (116.25 sq mi)
  Water 30.95 km2 (11.95 sq mi)
Area rank 271st largest in Finland
Population (2014-11-30)[2]
  Total 2,282
  Rank 269th largest in Finland
  Density 7.58/km2 (19.6/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 99.3% (official)
  Others 0.7%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 15.8%
  15 to 64 60.2%
  65 or older 24%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.75%
Website www.pomarkku.fi

Pomarkku (Swedish: Påmark) 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 2,282 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of 332.04 square kilometres (128.20 sq mi) of which 30.95 km2 (11.95 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 7.58 inhabitants per square kilometre (19.6/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People born in Pomarkku

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.

External links

Media related to Pomarkku at Wikimedia Commons