Uurainen
Uurainen | |
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Municipality | |
| Uuraisten kunta Uurainens kommun | |
 Uurainen Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Uurainen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°30′N 025°26.2′E / 62.500°N 25.4367°ECoordinates: 62°30′N 025°26.2′E / 62.500°N 25.4367°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Juha Valkama |
| Area (2018-01-01)[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 | 221st largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,621 |
| • Rank | 203rd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 10.4/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 25.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.5% |
| • 65 or older | 20.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.5% |
| Website | www.uurainen.fi |
Uurainen (Swedish: Uurainen, also Urais) is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 3,621 (31 March 2021)[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] The population density is 10.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (27/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Jyväskylä, Laukaa, Multia, Petäjävesi, Saarijärvi and Äänekoski.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nature[]
There are all together 125 lakes in Uurainen. Biggest lakes are , and .[6]
Gallery[]
Lake Kuorejärvi
The belfry of the Uurainen Church
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.
- ^ "Uurainen (kunta)". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
External links[]
Media related to Uurainen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Uurainen – Official website (in Finnish)
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