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°ECoordinates: 62°11′N 027°50′E / 62.183°N 27.833°E
Country	Finland
Region	Southern Savonia
Sub-region	Pieksämäki sub-region
Charter	1631
Government
• Municipality manager	Joonas Hänninen
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
• Total	711.73 km^2 (274.80 sq mi)
• Land	575.43 km^2 (222.17 sq mi)
• Water	136.3 km^2 (52.6 sq mi)
Area rank	172nd largest in Finland
Population (2015-06-30)[2]
• Total	5,174
• Rank	181st largest in Finland
• Density	8.99/km^2 (23.3/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 5,174 (30 June 2015)^[2] and covers an area of 711.73 square kilometres (274.80 sq mi) of which 136.3 km² (52.6 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 8.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (23.3/sq mi).

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

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Varkaus Airport is located in Joroinen.

Some villages

• Joroisniemi
• Järvikylä
• Kaijonkylä
• Kaitainen
• Katisenlahti
• Kerisalo
• Kerisalonsaari
• Kotkatlahti
• Kurkela
• Kuvansi
• Koskenkylä
• Lahnalahti
• Maavesi
• Montola
• Ruokojärvi
• Ruokoniemi
• Tahkoranta

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
2. "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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 Joroinen at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Joroinen – Official website