Tyrnävä
Tyrnävä | |
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Municipality | |
| Tyrnävän kunta Tyrnävä kommun | |
 Meijeritie Street in Tyrnävä village | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tyrnävä in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 64°45′N 025°39′E / 64.750°N 25.650°ECoordinates: 64°45′N 025°39′E / 64.750°N 25.650°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Oulu sub-region |
| Charter | 1865 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vesa Anttila |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 494.85 km2 (191.06 sq mi) |
| • Land | 491.82 km2 (189.89 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 177th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,612 |
| • Rank | 142nd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 13.44/km2 (34.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 0.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 30.8% |
| • 15 to 64 | 55.4% |
| • 65 or older | 13.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 22% |
| Website | www.tyrnava.fi |
Tyrnävä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtyrnæʋæ]) is a municipality in the North Ostrobothnia region of Finland with a population of 6,612 (31 March 2021).[2] It covers an area of 494.85 square kilometres (191.06 sq mi), of which 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 13.44 inhabitants per square kilometre (34.8/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The most important product of Tyrnävä is potatoes. The municipality has a lot of seed potato production, and the Tyrnävä's region is defined as one of the four high-quality seed potato growing areas in the European Union.[6]
People[]
- Väinö Kirstinä (1936–2007)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ YLE: Keski-Euroopan oikutteleva sää käänsi perunan kasvattajien katseet Suomeen (in Finnish)
External links[]
Media related to Tyrnävä at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Tyrnävä – Official website
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