Vörå
Vörå (Finland Swedish: [ˈvœːro]; Finnish: Vöyri) is a municipality of Finland. In 2011, it was created from the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais.[6] Vörå-Maxmo was created in 2007 from the municipalities of (old) Vörå and Maxmo. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region.
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Municipality | |
| Vörå kommun Vöyrin kunta | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Vörå in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°08′N 022°15′E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Vaasa sub-region |
| Charter | 1868 (Vörå) |
| Re-established | 2007 (Vörå-Maxmo) |
| Re-established | 2011 (Vörå) |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Mikko Ollikainen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,499.91 km2 (579.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 781.31 km2 (301.67 sq mi) |
| • Water | 718.6 km2 (277.5 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 107th largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,607 |
| • Rank | 147th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 8.46/km2 (21.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 84.6% (official) |
| • Finnish | 13.6% |
| • Others | 1.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 16.8% |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.2% |
| • 65 or older | 22% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19% |
| Website | www.vora.fi |
The municipality is bilingual, with the majority (85%) speaking Swedish and the minority (14%) Finnish.
Old Vörå
Coat of Arms of Vörå
The former municipality had a population of 3,524 (2003) and covered an area of 427.50 km² of which 2.38 km² is water. The population density was 8.3 inhabitants per km². The majority were speakers of Swedish (85%) and the minority speakers of Finnish (14%).
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References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "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.
- "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
External links
- Municipality of Vörå – Official website (in Swedish and Finnish)
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