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Alastaro

Former municipality in Southwest Finland, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Alastaro in Finland

Coordinates: 60°57′15″N 022°51′50″E / 60.95417°N 22.86389°E / 60.95417; 22.86389CountryFinlandRegionSouthwest FinlandSub-regionLoimaa sub-regionConsolidated2009Area

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• Total258.12 km² (99.66 sq mi) • Land256.8 km² (99.2 sq mi) • Water1.32 km² (0.51 sq mi)Population

(2008-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,910 • Density11/km² (29/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)ClimateDfc

Alastaro (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑlɑstɑro]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged into the town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009.

Alastaro is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,910 (31 December 2008) and covered an area of 258.12 km² (99.66 sq mi) of which 1.32 km² is water. The population density was 11.33 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The Alastaro Circuit opened in 1990.

References

^ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 27 March 2010.