Pyhäranta

Municipality in Southwest Finland, Finland
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Location of Pyhäranta in Finland
Location of Pyhäranta in Finland
Coordinates: 60°57′N 021°26.5′E / 60.950°N 21.4417°E / 60.950; 21.4417Country FinlandRegionSouthwest FinlandSub-regionVakka-Suomi sub-regionGovernment
 • Municipal managerLeena HoikkalaArea
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total291.75 km2 (112.65 sq mi) • Land143.51 km2 (55.41 sq mi) • Water148.5 km2 (57.3 sq mi) • Rank281st largest in FinlandPopulation
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,927 • Rank261st largest in Finland • Density13.43/km2 (34.8/sq mi)Population by native language • Finnish96.6% (official) • Swedish0.5% • Others2.9%Population by age • 0 to 1415.3% • 15 to 6455.5% • 65 or older29.2%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)ClimateDfbWebsitewww.pyharanta.fi

Pyhäranta (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpyhæˌrɑntɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,927 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 291.75 square kilometres (112.65 sq mi) of which 148.5 km2 (57.3 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 13.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (34.8/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. According to Traficom, Pyhäranta is the third most motorized municipality in Finland with 650 cars per thousand inhabitants.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Anttilan perheessä tarvitaan liikkumiseen viisi autoa". Yle. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

External links

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  • Municipality of Pyhäranta – Official website
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