Yläne
Former municipality in Western Finland, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Former municipality in Western Finland, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yläne (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈylæne]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Pöytyä on 1 January 2009.
Yläne | |
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Yläneen kunta Yläne kommun | |
Coordinates: 60°52′45″N 22°24′40″E | |
Country | Finland |
Province | Western Finland |
Region | Southwest Finland |
Sub-region | Loimaa |
Merged with Pöytyä | January 1, 2009 |
Government | |
• City manager | Risto Laurikainen |
Area | |
• Total | 364.76 km2 (140.83 sq mi) |
• Land | 342.77 km2 (132.34 sq mi) |
• Water | 21.99 km2 (8.49 sq mi) |
• Rank | 250th |
Population (2003) | |
• Total | 2,157 |
• Rank | 341st |
• Density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) |
+0.1 % change | |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Official languages | Finnish |
Urbanisation | 45.4% |
Unemployment rate | 12.7% |
Climate | Dfc |
Website | www.ylane.fi |
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.
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]
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