Uurainen

Uurainen
Urais
Municipality
Uuraisten kunta

Uurainen Church

Coat of arms

Location of Uurainen in Finland
Coordinates: 62°30′N 025°26.2′E / 62.500°N 25.4367°E / 62.500; 25.4367Coordinates: 62°30′N 025°26.2′E / 62.500°N 25.4367°E / 62.500; 25.4367
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 (2016-03-31)[2]
  Total 3,703
  Rank 232nd largest in Finland
  Density 10.64/km2 (27.6/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 3,703 (31 March 2016)[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 10.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.6/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Urais" in Swedish documents.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. "Uurainen (kunta)". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Svenska ortnamn i Finland

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