Pöytyä

Pöytyä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpøy̯tyæ]; Swedish: Pöytyä, also Pöytis) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region.

Pöytyä
Municipality
Pöytyän kunta Pöytyä kommun
Yläne Church
Coat of arms
Location of Pöytyä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°43′N 022°36′E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Loimaa
Government
• Municipal manager	Kari Jokela
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	773.69 km2 (298.72 sq mi)
• Land	749.97 km2 (289.57 sq mi)
• Water	23.68 km2 (9.14 sq mi)
• Rank	113th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30)[2]
• Total	8,000
• Rank	118th largest in Finland
• Density	10.67/km2 (27.6/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	94.1% (official)
• Swedish	0.5%
• Others	5.4%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	17.5%
• 15 to 64	56.9%
• 65 or older	25.6%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.poytya.fi

The municipality has a population of 8,000 (30 June 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 773.69 square kilometres (298.72 sq mi) of which 23.68 km² (9.14 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 10.67 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The neighbouring municipality of Karinainen was merged into Pöytyä in the beginning of 2005. The neighbouring municipality of Yläne was merged into Pöytyä in the beginning of 2009.

Pöytyä's neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Lieto, Loimaa, Marttila, Mynämäki, Oripää and Säkylä.

Gallery

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  Town Hall
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  Kuhankuono Boundary stone in Kurjenrahka National Park
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  Old main road Turku-Tampere in northern Pöytyä
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  Pöytyä church; photo taken from road 41