Ylistaro is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Nurmo to Seinäjoki on 1 January 2009.

Ylistaro
Former municipality
Ylistaron kunta Ylistaro kommun
Ylistaro Church
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Seinäjoki
Merged with Seinäjoki	January 1, 2009
Area
• Total	484.08 km2 (186.90 sq mi)
• Land	481.35 km2 (185.85 sq mi)
• Water	2.73 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population  (2003)
• Total	5,582
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languages	Finnish

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 5,582 (2003) and covered an area of 484.08 km² of which 2.73 km² is water. The population density was 11.6 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

In May 2007 it was agreed that Ylistaro would merge with the city of Seinäjoki and the neighbouring municipality of Nurmo; so from 2009 Ylistaro ended its independent existence.

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