Tyrnävä
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Tyrnävä | |
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Municipality | |
| Tyrnävän kunta Tyrnävä kommun | |
 Meijeritie Street in Tyrnävä village | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tyrnävä in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 64°45′N 025°39′E / 64.750°N 25.650°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Oulu sub-region |
| Charter | 1865 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vesa Anttila |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 494.85 km2 (191.06 sq mi) |
| • Land | 491.82 km2 (189.89 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 177th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,498 |
| • Rank | 140th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 13.21/km2 (34.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.8% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 30.8% |
| • 15 to 64 | 55.4% |
| • 65 or older | 13.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Tyrnävä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtyrnæʋæ]) is a municipality in the North Ostrobothnia region of Finland with a population of 6,498 (31 August 2024).[2] It covers an area of 494.85 square kilometres (191.06 sq mi), of which 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 13.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (34.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The city of Oulu is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the center of Tyrnävä.
The most important product of Tyrnävä is potatoes. The municipality has a lot of seed potato production, and the Tyrnävä's region is defined as one of the four high-quality seed potato growing areas in the European Union.[6]
Notable people
[edit]- Väinö Kirstinä (1936–2007)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ YLE: Keski-Euroopan oikutteleva sää käänsi perunan kasvattajien katseet Suomeen (in Finnish)
External links
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Media related to Tyrnävä at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Tyrnävä – Official website
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