Punkalaidun

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Municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Punkalaidun in Finland

Coordinates: 61°06.7′N 023°06.3′E / 61.1117°N 23.1050°E / 61.1117; 23.1050Country

FinlandRegionPirkanmaaSub-regionSouth Western Pirkanmaa sub-regionCharter1639Government

• Municipal managerJyrki MoilanenArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total364.02 km² (140.55 sq mi) • Land361.1 km² (139.4 sq mi) • Water2.95 km² (1.14 sq mi) • Rank213th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,645 • Rank228th largest in Finland • Density7.32/km² (19.0/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish96.9% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others3%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1412.4% • 15 to 6451.4% • 65 or older36.2%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.punkalaidun.fi

Punkalaidun (Swedish: Punkalaidun, also Pungalaitio) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,645 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 364.02 square kilometres (140.55 sq mi) of which 2.95 km² (1.14 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 7.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (19.0/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Huittinen, Humppila, Loimaa, Urjala, and Sastamala.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages

Hakuni
Halkivaha
Hankuri
Haviokoski
Jalasjoki
Kannisto
Kanteenmaa
Kivisenoja
Kokkola
Koskioinen
Kostila
Kouvola
Liitsola
Moisio
Mäenpää
Oriniemi
Parrila
Sarkkila
Suttila
Pärnänmaa
Talala
Teikarla
Vanttila

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.