Oravais
Oravais – Oravainen | |
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Former municipality | |
| Oravais kommun Oravaisten kunta | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Oravais in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°18′N 022°22.5′E / 63.300°N 22.3750°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Vaasa sub-region |
| Consolidated | 2011 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Markku Niskala |
| Area | |
| • Total | 277.09 km2 (106.99 sq mi) |
| • Land | 203.98 km2 (78.76 sq mi) |
| • Water | 73.11 km2 (28.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2010-10-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,189 |
| • Density | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 10.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 80.9% (official) |
| • Others | 8.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 62.2% |
| • 65 or older | 22.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 66800 |
Oravais (Finnish: Oravainen) is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,189 (31 October 2010)[2] and covered a land area of 203.98 square kilometres (78.76 sq mi).[1] The population density was 10.73 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.8/sq mi). The municipality was consolidated with Vörå-Maxmo to form the new municipality of Vörå on 1 January 2011.[5]
The municipality was officially bilingual, with the majority speaking Swedish (81%) and the minority Finnish (10%). Most of the remaining 9% live in Oravais Reception Centre for Refugees, and speak several other languages.[6]
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2010" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 October 2010". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ "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.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ^ "Oravais Reception Centre for Refugees". Oravais Reception Centre for Refugees. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-10-08.