Alastaro | |
|---|---|
Former municipality | |
| Alastaron kunta Alastaro kommun | |
 Alastaro Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Alastaro in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°57′15″N 022°51′50″E / 60.95417°N 22.86389°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Loimaa sub-region |
| Consolidated | 2009 |
| Area | |
• Total | 258.12 km2 (99.66 sq mi) |
| • Land | 256.8 km2 (99.2 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.32 km2 (0.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,910 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
Alastaro (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑlɑstɑro]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged into the town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009.
Alastaro is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,910 (31 December 2008) and covered an area of 258.12 km2 (99.66 sq mi) of which 1.32 km² is water. The population density was 11.33 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
The Alastaro Circuit opened in 1990.
- ^ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 27 March 2010.