Isokyrö

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Municipality in South Ostrobothnia, Finland

Isokyrö Storkyro
Municipality
Isokyrön kunta Storkyro kommun
Isokyrö Church
Coat of arms
Location of Isokyrö in Finland
Coordinates: 63°00′N 022°19′E / 63.000°N 22.317°E / 63.000; 22.317
Country	Finland
Region	South Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Seinäjoki sub-region
Charter	1785
Government
• Municipality manager	Tero Kankaanpää
Area (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	356.91 km² (137.80 sq mi)
• Land	354.13 km² (136.73 sq mi)
• Water	2.79 km² (1.08 sq mi)
• Rank	216th largest in Finland
Population (2023-12-31)^[2]
• Total	4,357
• Rank	185th largest in Finland
• Density	12.3/km² (32/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[3]
• Finnish	98% (official)
• Swedish	0.7%
• Others	1.3%
Population by age ^[4]
• 0 to 14	16.1%
• 15 to 64	55.4%
• 65 or older	28.5%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.isokyro.fi

Isokyrö (Finnish: [ˈisoˌkyrø]; Swedish: Storkyro) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region, 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Vaasa. The municipality has a population of 4,357 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 356.91 square kilometres (137.80 sq mi) of which 2.79 km² (1.08 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 12.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (32/sq mi).

In the name of the municipality, "iso" means big; "kyrö", on the other hand, is a Tavastian dialect and means a quarry, rocky or rugged terrain for hiding. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

According to Traficom, Isokyrö is the most motorized municipality in Finland with 718 cars per thousand inhabitants.^[6]

Geography

There are 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) of cultivated fields.^[7]

Isonkyrö's neighboring municipalities are Ilmajoki, Kauhava, Laihia, Seinäjoki, Vaasa and Vörå.

Localities:

Tuurala

Notable people

Matti Haapoja (1845–1895), serial killer
Kustaa Killinen (1849–1922), schoolteacher, writer and politician
Matti Pohto (1817–1857), bookbinder and book collector
Eino S. Repo (1919–2002), journalist and politician
Ilmari Turja (1901–1998), journalist, playwright and lawyer
Marjo Yli-Kiikka (born 1978), sports shooter

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Anttilan perheessä tarvitaan liikkumiseen viisi autoa". Yle. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ "Tervetuloa Isoonkyröön! - Isokyrö".