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
Yläne Church
Coat of arms of Pöytyä
Coat of arms
Location of Pöytyä in Finland
Location of Pöytyä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°43′N 022°36′E
Country Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionLoimaa sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerKari Jokela
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total773.69 km2 (298.72 sq mi)
 • Land750.01 km2 (289.58 sq mi)
 • Water23.68 km2 (9.14 sq mi)
 • Rank113th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-02-28)[2]
 • Total8,143
 • Rank118th largest in Finland
 • Density10.86/km2 (28.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.6% (official)
 • Swedish0.4%
 • Others1%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1417.5%
 • 15 to 6456.9%
 • 65 or older25.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.poytya.fi

The municipality has a population of 8,143 (28 February 2023)[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 10.86 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.1/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.

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

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  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.

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