Oripää

Oripää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈoriˌpæː]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,297 (30 June 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 117.72 square kilometres (45.45 sq mi) of which 0.1 km² (0.039 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 11.01 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.5/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Oripää
Municipality
Oripään kunta Oripää kommun
Oripää Church
Coat of arms
Location of Oripää in Finland
Coordinates: 60°51′20″N 022°41′50″E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Loimaa
Government
• Municipal manager	Asta Suominen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	117.72 km2 (45.45 sq mi)
• Land	117.78 km2 (45.48 sq mi)
• Water	0.1 km2 (0.04 sq mi)
• Rank	291st largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30)[2]
• Total	1,297
• Rank	281st largest in Finland
• Density	11.01/km2 (28.5/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	90.4% (official)
• Others	9.6%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	16.3%
• 15 to 64	55.9%
• 65 or older	27.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfc
Website	oripaa.fi/in-english/

An agricultural show OKRA is held in Oripää every two years.^[4]

History

Oripää is named after a nearby hill, Orivuori (literally the "stallion mountain"), which may also have been called Oripää ("stallion head") at some point. As a village, Oripää is first mentioned in 1421. It was a part of the Pöytyä parish, but administratively a part of the Kumogård castle fief (linnalääni/slottslän), i.e. Satakunta. In the 15th century, the bishop of Turku had five leasehold farms in the village.^[5]

Oripää gained chapel rights in 1778 and became an independent parish in 1901.^[6]