Pöytyä

Pöytyä
Municipality
Pöytyän kunta
Yläne Church
Coat of arms
Location of Pöytyä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°43′N 022°36′E / 60.717°N 22.600°ECoordinates: 60°43′N 022°36′E / 60.717°N 22.600°E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Loimaa sub-region
Government
• Municipal manager	Kari Jokela
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
• Total	773.69 km^2 (298.72 sq mi)
• Land	750.01 km^2 (289.58 sq mi)
• Water	23.68 km^2 (9.14 sq mi)
Area rank	153rd largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
• Total	8,547
• Rank	128th largest in Finland
• Density	11.4/km^2 (30/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
• Finnish	98.6% (official)
• Swedish	0.4%
• Others	1%
Population by age[4]
• 0 to 14	18.2%
• 15 to 64	62%
• 65 or older	19.9%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5]	19.5%
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.poytya.fi

Pöytyä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpøyty.æ]) (Swedish: Pöytis) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region.

The municipality has a population of 8,547 (31 March 2016)^[2] and covers an area of 773.69 square kilometres (298.72 sq mi) of which 23.68 km² (9.14 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 11.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (30/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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.

Gallery

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  Town Hall
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  Kuhankuono Boundary stone in Kurjenrahka National Park
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  Old main road Turku-Tampere in northern Pöytyä
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  Community health center, Riihikoski
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  Church
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  Library
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  Pöytyä church; photo taken from road 41

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
2. "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
3. "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.
4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

External links

Media related to Pöytyä at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Pöytyä – Official website (Finnish)