Pöytyä
| Pöytyä | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Pöytyän kunta | ||
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Yläne Church | ||
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 Location of Pöytyä in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 60°43′N 022°36′E / 60.717°N 22.600°ECoordinates: 60°43′N 022°36′E / 60.717°N 22.600°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Southwest Finland | |
| Sub-region | Loimaa sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Kari Jokela | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 773.69 km2 (298.72 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 750.01 km2 (289.58 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 23.68 km2 (9.14 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 153rd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 8,626 | |
| • Rank | 128th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 11.5/km2 (30/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 98.6% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.4% | |
| • Others | 1% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 18.2% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 62% | |
| • 65 or older | 19.9% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Climate | Dfb | |
| Website | www.poytya.fi | |
Pöytyä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpøyty.æ]) (Swedish: Pöytis) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region.
The municipality has a population of 8,626 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 773.69 square kilometres (298.72 sq mi) of which 23.68 km2 (9.14 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (30/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The neighbouring municipality of Karinainen was merged into Pöytyä in the beginning of 2005. The neighbouring municipality of Yläne was merged into Pöytyä in the beginning of 2009.
Gallery
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Town Hall
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Kuhankuono Boundary stone in Kurjenrahka National Park
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Old main road Turku-Tampere in northern Pöytyä
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Community health center, Riihikoski
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Church
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Library
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Pöytyä church; photo taken from road 41
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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 Pöytyä at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Pöytyä – Official website (Finnish)
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