Uurainen | |
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Municipality | |
| Uuraisten kunta Uurainens kommun | |
) Uurainen Church | |
) Coat of arms | |
) Location of Uurainen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°30′N 025°26.2′E / 62.500°N 25.4367°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Juha Valkama |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 372.26 km2 (143.73 sq mi) |
| • Land | 348.04 km2 (134.38 sq mi) |
| • Water | 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 221st largest in Finland |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,643 |
| • Rank | 203rd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 10.47/km2 (27.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 22.6% |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.4% |
| • 65 or older | 16% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% |
| Website | www.uurainen.fi |
Uurainen (Swedish: Uurainen, also Urais) is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 3,643 (31 December 2020)[2] and covers an area of 372.26 square kilometres (143.73 sq mi) of which 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 10.47 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.1/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Jyväskylä, Laukaa, Multia, Petäjävesi, Saarijärvi and Äänekoski.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nature
There are all together 125 lakes in Uurainen. Biggest lakes are Kyynämöinen, Sääkspää and Iso-Uurainen.[6]
Gallery
Lake Kuorejärvi
The belfry of the Uurainen Church
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References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Joulukuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Uurainen (kunta)". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
External links
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Media related to Uurainen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Uurainen – Official website (in Finnish)