Myrskylä

Myrskylä Myrskylä – Mörskom
—  Municipality  —
Myrskylän kunta Mörskom kommun
Myrskylä Church
Coat of arms
Location of Myrskylä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°40′N 025°51′E / 60.667°N 25.85°E / 60.667; 25.85Coordinates: 60°40′N 025°51′E / 60.667°N 25.85°E / 60.667; 25.85
Country	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Porvoo sub-region
Charter	1636
Government
– Municipality manager	Jouko Asuja
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
– Total	206.34 km2 (79.7 sq mi)
– Land	200.36 km2 (77.4 sq mi)
– Water	5.98 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Area rank	298th largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
– Total	2,001
– Rank	291st largest in Finland
– Density	9.99/km2 (25.9/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
– Finnish	87.2% (official)
– Swedish	10.8% (official)
– Others	2%
Population by age[4]
– 0 to 14	17.4%
– 15 to 64	61.6%
– 65 or older	21%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5]	20%
Urbanisation	44.6%
Unemployment rate	11.0%
Website	www.myrskyla.fi

Myrskylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmyrskylæ]; Swedish: Mörskom) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,001 (31 January 2011)^[2] and covers an area of 206.34 square kilometres (79.67 sq mi) of which 5.98 km² (2.31 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 9.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (25.9 /sq mi).

The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.

Myrskylä is the birthplace of former Olympic track champion Lasse Virén.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Myrskylä:

• True Finns 27.1%
• Centre Party 22.0%
• National Coalition Party 15.7%
• Social Democratic Party 12.6%
• Swedish People's Party 10.0%
• Green League 4.6%
• Christian Democrats 3.7%
• Left Alliance 2.8%

References

1. ^ ^{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. 
2. ^ ^{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. 
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. 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. 
4. ^ "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. 
5. ^ "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. 

External links

Media related to Myrskylä at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Myrskylä – Official website