Pöytyä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpøy̯tyæ]; Swedish: Pöytyä, also Pöytis) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region.
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Pöytyä | |
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Municipality | |
Pöytyän kunta Pöytyä kommun | |
Yläne Church | |
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![]() Location of Pöytyä in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°43′N 022°36′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Southwest Finland |
Sub-region | Loimaa sub-region |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Kari Jokela |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 773.69 km2 (298.72 sq mi) |
• Land | 750.01 km2 (289.58 sq mi) |
• Water | 23.68 km2 (9.14 sq mi) |
• Rank | 113th largest in Finland |
Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,227 |
• Rank | 118th largest in Finland |
• Density | 10.97/km2 (28.4/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.6% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.4% |
• Others | 1% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 17.5% |
• 15 to 64 | 56.9% |
• 65 or older | 25.6% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.25% |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www.poytya.fi |
The municipality has a population of 8,227 (31 December 2021)[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 10.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.4/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.
Pöytyä's neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Lieto, Loimaa, Marttila, Mynämäki, Oripää and Säkylä.
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