Alastaro

Alastaro
Former municipality
Alastaron kunta
Coat of arms
Location of Alastaro in Finland
Coordinates: 60°57′15″N 022°51′50″E / 60.95417°N 22.86389°ECoordinates: 60°57′15″N 022°51′50″E / 60.95417°N 22.86389°E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Loimaa sub-region
Consolidated	2009
Area[1]
• Total	258.12 km^2 (99.66 sq mi)
• Land	256.8 km^2 (99.2 sq mi)
• Water	1.32 km^2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population (2008-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,910
• Density	11.33/km^2 (29.3/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Climate	Dfc

Alastaro (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑlɑstɑro]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,910 (31 December 2008) and covered an area of 258.12 km² of which 1.32 km² is water. The population density was 11.33 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
2. "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.

External links

Media related to Alastaro at Wikimedia Commons

• Alastaro-Seura ry (Finnish)