- Multia, Finland
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Multia — Municipality — Multian kunta 
Coat of armsLocation of Multia in Finland
Coordinates: 62°24.5′N 024°47.7′E / 62.4083°N 24.795°ECoordinates: 62°24.5′N 024°47.7′E / 62.4083°N 24.795°E Country Finland Region Central Finland Sub-region Keuruu sub-region Charter 1868 Government – Municipal manager Jukka Kivitalo Area(2011-01-01)[1] – Total 765.62 km2 (295.6 sq mi) – Land 733.25 km2 (283.1 sq mi) – Water 32.37 km2 (12.5 sq mi) Area rank 156th largest in Finland Population (2011-01-31)[2] – Total 1,888 – Rank 295th largest in Finland – Density 2.57/km2 (6.7/sq mi) Population by native language[3] – Finnish 98.9% (official) – Swedish 0.2% – Others 1% Population by age[4] – 0 to 14 15.2% – 15 to 64 55.5% – 65 or older 29.3% Time zone EET (UTC+2) – Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3) Municipal tax rate[5] 19.75% Website www.multia.fi Multia is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,888 (31 January 2011)[2] and covers an area of 765.62 square kilometres (295.61 sq mi) of which 32.37 km2 (12.50 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.57 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.7 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Muldia" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Multia" also in Swedish.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=461. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
External links
Media related to Multia at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Multia – Official website (Finnish)
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Former municipalities Jämsänkoski · Jyväskylän maalaiskunta · Konginkangas · Korpilahti · Koskenpää · Leivonmäki · Pihlajavesi · Pylkönmäki · Säynätsalo · Sumiainen · SuolahtiCentral Finland · FinlandCategories:- Municipalities of Central Finland Region
- Populated places established in 1868
- Western Finland geography stubs
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