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Vörå (Finland Swedish: [ˈvœːro]; Finnish: Vöyri) is a municipality of Finland. In 2011, it was created from the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais.[4] Vörå-Maxmo was created in 2007 from the municipalities of (old) Vörå and Maxmo. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region.

Vöyri Vörå – Vöyri
Municipality
Vörå kommun Vöyrin kunta
Coat of arms
Location of Vörå in Finland
Coordinates: 63°08′N 022°15′E
Country	Finland
Region	Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Vaasa sub-region
Charter	1868 (Vörå)
Re-established	2007 (Vörå-Maxmo)
Re-established	2011 (Vörå)
Government
• Municipal manager	Mikko Ollikainen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,499.91 km2 (579.12 sq mi)
• Land	781.31 km2 (301.67 sq mi)
• Water	718.6 km2 (277.5 sq mi)
• Rank	107th largest in Finland
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Swedish	84.6% (official)
• Finnish	13.6%
• Others	1.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[3]	21.5%
Website	www.vora.fi

The municipality is bilingual, with the majority (85%) speaking Swedish and the minority (14%) Finnish.[5]

As of 2014, primary industries in Vörå employ "15.5 per cent of the population, 32.9 per cent of people work in the industrial sector, and 50.3 per cent of people work in the service sector."[5]

The Battle of Oravais during the Finnish War (1808-1809) took place in Vörå.[5]

Old Vörå

The former municipality had a population of 3,524 (2003) and covered an area of 427.50 square kilometres (165.06 sq mi) of which 2.38 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi) is water. The population density was 8.3 inhabitants per km². The majority were speakers of Swedish (85%) and the minority speakers of Finnish (14%).[5]

References

External links

Media related to Vörå at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Vörå – Official website (in Swedish and Finnish)

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