Yläne

Former municipality in Western Finland, Finland

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Coordinates: 60°52′45″N 22°24′40″E / 60.87917°N 22.41111°E / 60.87917; 22.41111CountryFinlandProvinceWestern FinlandRegionSouthwest FinlandSub-regionLoimaaMerged with PöytyäJanuary 1, 2009Government

• City managerRisto LaurikainenArea

• Total364.76 km² (140.83 sq mi) • Land342.77 km² (132.34 sq mi) • Water21.99 km² (8.49 sq mi) • Rank250thPopulation

(2003)

• Total2,157 • Rank341st • Density5.9/km² (15/sq mi) +0.1 % changeTime zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Official languagesFinnishUrbanisation45.4%Unemployment rate12.7%Climate DfcWebsitewww.ylane.fi

Yläne (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈylæne]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Pöytyä on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,119 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 364.76km² of which 21.99km² is water. The population density was 6.18 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

History

Yläne manor was the prime residence of Filippa Fleming (d. 1578) who broke with legal protocol by leaving it in her will to John III of Sweden rather than her brother Klas Fleming.^[1]

References

^ "Conciliatory, negotiating, insubordinate women. Female agency in the Fleming family, 1470–1620" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2023-07-08.