Orimattila

Orimattila
Town
Orimattilan kaupunki

Orimattila Church

Coat of arms

Location of Orimattila in Finland
Country Finland
Region Päijänne Tavastia
Sub-region Lahti sub-region
Charter 1636
City rights 1992
Government
  Town manager Osmo Pieski
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 814.21 km2 (314.37 sq mi)
  Land 785.34 km2 (303.22 sq mi)
  Water 28.87 km2 (11.15 sq mi)
Area rank 144th largest in Finland
Population (2015-06-30)[2]
  Total 16,304
  Rank 71st largest in Finland
  Density 20.76/km2 (53.8/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 98% (official)
  Swedish 0.5%
  Others 1.5%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 18.7%
  15 to 64 63.8%
  65 or older 17.5%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.75%
Climate Dfc
Website www.orimattila.fi

Orimattila is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of 16,304 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 814.21 square kilometres (314.37 sq mi) of which 28.87 km2 (11.15 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 20.76 inhabitants per square kilometre (53.8/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality of Artjärvi was consolidated with Orimattila on 1 January 2011.[6]

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Orimattila:

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Orimattila is twinned with:

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. "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  7. "International cooperation". Valka. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

External links

Media related to Orimattila at Wikimedia Commons


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