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Noormarkku

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Former municipality in Satakunta, Finland

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Location of Noormarkku in Finland

Coordinates: 61°35.5′N 021°52′E / 61.5917°N 21.867°E / 61.5917; 21.867CountryFinlandRegionSatakuntaSub-regionPori sub-regionConsolidated2010Government

• Municipal managerRisto PeevoArea

^[1]

• Total332.06 km² (128.21 sq mi) • Land316.86 km² (122.34 sq mi) • Water15.2 km² (5.9 sq mi)Population

(2009-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,158 • Density19/km² (48/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Websitewww.noormarkku.fi

Noormarkku (Swedish: Norrmark) is a former municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 6,158 (31 December 2009)^[2] and covered an area of 332.06 square kilometres (128.21 sq mi) of which 15.2 km² (5.9 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density was 19.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (50.3/sq mi).

Noormarkku is the birthplace of the Ahlstrom Corporation. Antti Ahlström invested in the entire development of Noormarkku, setting up one of Finland's first Finnish language schools and building a road network.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Noormarkku was annexed with the neighboring city of Pori on 1 January 2010.

A notable building is the Villa Mairea by architect Alvar Aalto designed as the private home for Maire and Harry Gullichsen.

References

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2009". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 13 January 2010.