Alastaro

Alastaro
Former municipality
Alastaron kunta
Alastaro kommun
Alastaro Church
Alastaro Church
Coat of arms of Alastaro
Location of Alastaro in Finland
Location of Alastaro in Finland
Coordinates: 60°57′15″N 022°51′50″E / 60.95417°N 22.86389°E / 60.95417; 22.86389
CountryFinland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionLoimaa sub-region
Consolidated2009
Area
 • Total258.12 km2 (99.66 sq mi)
 • Land256.8 km2 (99.2 sq mi)
 • Water1.32 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2008-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,910
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfc

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.

  1. ^ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "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.