Pöytyä
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Pöytyä | |
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Municipality | |
| Pöytyän kunta Pöytyä kommun | |
 Yläne Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pöytyä in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 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 (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 773.69 km2 (298.72 sq mi) |
| • Land | 749.97 km2 (289.57 sq mi) |
| • Water | 23.68 km2 (9.14 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 113th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,133 |
| • Rank | 117th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 10.84/km2 (28.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.6% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.6% |
| • Others | 4.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 17.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 56.9% |
| • 65 or older | 25.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.poytya.fi |
Pöytyä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpøy̯tyæ]; Swedish: Pöytyä, also Pöytis) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region.
The municipality has a population of 8,133 (31 December 2023)[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 10.84 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.1/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.
Pöytyä's neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Lieto, Loimaa, Marttila, Mynämäki, Oripää and Säkylä.
Gallery
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Town Hall -
Kuhankuono Boundary stone in Kurjenrahka National Park -
Old main road Turku-Tampere in northern Pöytyä -
Pöytyä church; photo taken from road 41
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
Media related to Pöytyä at Wikimedia Commons
Pöytyä travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Pöytyä – Official website (in Finnish)
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