Multia, Finland

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Multia
Municipality
Multian kunta

Multia Church

Coat of arms

Location of Multia in Finland
Coordinates: 62°24.5′N 024°47.7′E / 62.4083°N 24.7950°E / 62.4083; 24.7950Coordinates: 62°24.5′N 024°47.7′E / 62.4083°N 24.7950°E / 62.4083; 24.7950
Country Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Keuruu sub-region
Charter 1868
Government
  Municipal manager Jukka Kivitalo
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 765.62 km2 (295.61 sq mi)
  Land 733.25 km2 (283.11 sq mi)
  Water 32.37 km2 (12.50 sq mi)
Area rank 156th largest in Finland
Population (2015-06-30)[2]
  Total 1,745
  Rank 295th largest in Finland
  Density 2.38/km2 (6.2/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 98.9% (official)
  Swedish 0.2%
  Others 1%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 15.2%
  15 to 64 55.5%
  65 or older 29.3%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.75%
Website www.multia.fi

Multia is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,745 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 765.62 square kilometres (295.61 sq mi) of which 32.37 km2 (12.50 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 146 lakes in Multia. Biggest lakes in Multia are Sinervä, Tarhapäänjärvi and Sahrajärvi-Pienvesi.[6] The population density is 2.38 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.2/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Muldia" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Multia" also in Swedish.[7]

Gallery

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 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.
  6. "Multia". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.

External links

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