Uurainen
| Uurainen Urais | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Uuraisten kunta | ||
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Uurainen Church | ||
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 Location of Uurainen in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 62°30′N 025°26.2′E / 62.500°N 25.4367°ECoordinates: 62°30′N 025°26.2′E / 62.500°N 25.4367°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region | |
| Charter | 1868 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Juha Valkama | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 372.26 km2 (143.73 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 348.04 km2 (134.38 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 255th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 3,645 | |
| • Rank | 232nd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 10.47/km2 (27.1/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.2% | |
| • Others | 0.7% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 22.6% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.4% | |
| • 65 or older | 16% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Website | www.uurainen.fi | |
Uurainen (Swedish: Urais) 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 3,645 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 372.26 square kilometres (143.73 sq mi) of which 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 125 lakes in Uurainen. Biggest lakes are Kyynämöinen, Sääkspää and Iso-Uurainen.[6] The population density is 10.47 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.1/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Urais" in Swedish documents.[7]
Gallery
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Lake Kuorejärvi
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The belfry of the Uurainen Church
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.
- ↑ "Uurainen (kunta)". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Svenska ortnamn i Finland
External links
Media related to Uurainen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Uurainen – Official website (Finnish)
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