Taivassalo

Taivassalo
Municipality
Taivassalon kunta

Taivassalo Church

Coat of arms

Location of Taivassalo in Finland
Coordinates: 60°33.7′N 021°36.5′E / 60.5617°N 21.6083°ECoordinates: 60°33.7′N 021°36.5′E / 60.5617°N 21.6083°E
Country Finland
Region Finland Proper
Sub-region Vakka-Suomi sub-region
Founded 1155
Government
  Municipal manager Vesa Rantala
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 217.67 km2 (84.04 sq mi)
  Land 140.44 km2 (54.22 sq mi)
  Water 77.23 km2 (29.82 sq mi)
Area rank 296th largest in Finland
Population (2014-11-30)[2]
  Total 1,652
  Rank 303rd largest in Finland
  Density 11.76/km2 (30.5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 97.9% (official)
  Swedish 0.6%
  Others 1.5%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 12.3%
  15 to 64 62.5%
  65 or older 25.2%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20%
Website www.taivassalo.fi

Taivassalo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtɑiʋɑˌsːɑlo]; Swedish: Tövsala) 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 1,652 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of 217.67 square kilometres (84.04 sq mi) of which 77.23 km2 (29.82 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.76 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.5/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

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