Soini
For the Finnish politician, see Timo Soini.
Soini | ||
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Municipality | ||
Soinin kunta | ||
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Location of Soini in Finland | ||
Coordinates: 62°52.5′N 24°12.5′E / 62.8750°N 24.2083°ECoordinates: 62°52.5′N 24°12.5′E / 62.8750°N 24.2083°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Southern Ostrobothnia | |
Sub-region | Järviseutu sub-region | |
Charter | 1868 | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Stefan Sundberg | |
Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
• Total | 574.24 km2 (221.72 sq mi) | |
• Land | 552.07 km2 (213.16 sq mi) | |
• Water | 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 206th largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 2,213 | |
• Rank | 278th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 4.01/km2 (10.4/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 99.3% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.2% | |
• Others | 0.4% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 16.3% | |
• 15 to 64 | 60% | |
• 65 or older | 23.8% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.75% | |
Website | www.soini.fi |
Soini is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,213 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 574.24 square kilometres (221.72 sq mi) of which 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.01 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.4/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People born in Soini
- Aukusti Mäenpää (1891 – 1933)
- Eino Uusitalo (1924 – 2015)
- Pekka Pesola (1925 – )
- Jorma Huuhtanen (1945 – )
- Aulis Akonniemi (1958 – )
- Merja Korpela (1981 – )
- Noora Hautakangas (1984 – )
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "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 Soini at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Soini – Official website
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