Pöytyä
Encyclopedia
Pöytyä (ˈpøyty.æ) is a municipality of Finland
.
It is located in the province
of Western Finland
and is part of the Finland Proper region
. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density
is PD/km2.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
. The municipality has previously also been known as Pöytis in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as Pöytyä also in Swedish.
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.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
It is located in the province
Provinces of Finland
The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...
of Western Finland
Western Finland
Western Finland was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2010. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland.- History :...
and is part of the Finland Proper region
Regions of Finland
Finland consists of 19 regions called in Finnish and in Swedish. The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition,...
. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
is PD/km2.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
. The municipality has previously also been known as Pöytis in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as Pöytyä also in Swedish.
The neighbouring municipality of Karinainen
Karinainen
Karinainen is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to Pöytyä in the beginning of 2005.It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,457 and covered an area of 92.41 km² of which 0.09 km² was...
was merged into Pöytyä in the beginning of 2005. The neighbouring municipality of Yläne
Yläne
Yläne is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Pöytyä on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,119 and covered an area of 364.76 km² of which 21.99 km² is water...
was merged into Pöytyä in the beginning of 2009.
External links
- Municipality of Pöytyä – Official website