Joroinen

Joroinen
Joroinen – Jorois
Municipality
Joroisten kunta
Jorois kommun

Joroinen church

Coat of arms

Location of Joroinen in Finland
Coordinates: 62°11′N 027°50′E / 62.183°N 27.833°E / 62.183; 27.833Coordinates: 62°11′N 027°50′E / 62.183°N 27.833°E / 62.183; 27.833
Country  Finland
Region Southern Savonia
Sub-region Pieksämäki sub-region
Charter 1631
Government
 • Municipality manager Joonas Hänninen
Area (2016-01-01)[1]
 • Total 575.13 km2 (222.06 sq mi)
 • Land 575.43 km2 (222.17 sq mi)
 • Water 136.3 km2 (52.6 sq mi)
Area rank 148th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 5,117
 • Rank 177th largest in Finland
 • Density 8.89/km2 (23.0/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.2% (official)
 • Swedish 0.4%
 • Others 1.5%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 15.6%
 • 15 to 64 64.3%
 • 65 or older 20.1%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.25%
Website www.joroinen.fi

Joroinen (Swedish: Jorois) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 5,117 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 575.13 square kilometres (222.06 sq mi) of which 136.3 km2 (52.6 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 8.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (23.0/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Juva, Leppävirta, Pieksämäki, Rantasalmi and Varkaus.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Varkaus Airport is located in Joroinen.

Some villages

References

  1. 1 2 "Population density by area 1.1.2016". Statistics Finland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  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.

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