Ylämaa
Ylämaa is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Lappeenranta on January 1, 2010.
Ylämaa | |
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Former municipality | |
Ylämaan kunta Ylämaa kommun | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Ylämaa in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°48′N 028°00.5′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | South Karelia |
Sub-region | Lappeenranta sub-region |
Charter | 1925 |
Consolidated | 2010 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Esko Hämäläinen |
Area | |
• Total | 408.94 km2 (157.89 sq mi) |
• Land | 379.75 km2 (146.62 sq mi) |
• Water | 29.19 km2 (11.27 sq mi) |
Population (2009-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,408 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www.ylamaa.fi |
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 1,408 (31 December 2009)[2] and covers an area of 408.94 square kilometres (157.89 sq mi) of which 29.19 km2 (11.27 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.71 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.6/sq mi). The municipality was unilingually Finnish. There is a strong concentration of the gemstone spectrolite in the region of Ylämaa. Plans to build a pyramid in Ylämaa have existed since 1998,[3][4] but as of 2010 the project has been on hold due to the high cost.[5]
References
- "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2009". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- "Ylämaalle rakennetaan maailman pohjoisin pyramidi" [The world's northernmost pyramid to be built in Ylämaa] (in Finnish). Taloussanomat. 20 October 1998. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- Laitila Arkkitehdit
- "Ylämaan pyramidi maksaa miljoonia" [Ylämaa pyramid costs millions] (in Finnish). Yle. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
External links
- Municipality of Ylämaa – Official website