Vöyri
Vörå – Vöyri | |
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Municipality | |
Vörå kommun Vöyrin kunta | |
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Coordinates: 63°08′N 022°15′E / 63.133°N 22.250°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Vaasa sub-region |
Charter | 1868 (Vörå) |
Re-established | 2007 (Vörå-Maxmo) |
Re-established | 2011 (Vörå) |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Jan Finne |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,499.91 km2 (579.12 sq mi) |
• Land | 782.13 km2 (301.98 sq mi) |
• Water | 718.6 km2 (277.5 sq mi) |
• Rank | 107th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-09-30 2020)[2] | |
• Total | 6,279 6,388 |
• Density | 8.03/km2 (20.8/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.vora.fi |
Vörå (Finland Swedish: [ˈvœːro]; Finnish: Vöyri) is a municipality of Finland. In 2011, it was created from the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais.[3] 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.
The municipality is bilingual, with the majority (80.6%) being Swedish-speaking and the minority (12.6%) being Finnish-speaking.
As of 2014, primary industries in Vörå employ "15.5 per cent of the population, 32.9 per cent of people work in the industrial sector, and 50.3 per cent of people work in the service sector."[4]
The Battle of Oravais during the Finnish War (1808-1809) took place in Vörå.[4]
Old Vörå
The former municipality had a population of 3,524 (2003) and covered an area of 427.50 square kilometres (165.06 sq mi) of which 2.38 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi) 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%).[4]
References
- ↑ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 "Discovering Swedish-speaking municipalities: Vörå". www.helsinkitimes.fi. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
External links
Media related to Vörå at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Vörå – Official website (in Swedish and Finnish)