Uurainen | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Uuraisten kunta Uurainens kommun | |
 Uurainen Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Uurainen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°30′N 025°26.2′E / 62.500°N 25.4367°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Juha Valkama |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 372.26 km2 (143.73 sq mi) |
| • Land | 347.98 km2 (134.36 sq mi) |
| • Water | 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 221st largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,646 |
| • Rank | 199th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 10.48/km2 (27.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 1.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 25.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.5% |
| • 65 or older | 20.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | uurainen |
Uurainen (Swedish: Uurainen, also Urais) is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 3,646 (31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 372.26 square kilometres (143.73 sq mi) of which 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi), or roughly 6.5%, is water.[1] The population density is 10.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.1/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Jyväskylä, Laukaa, Multia, Petäjävesi, Saarijärvi and Äänekoski.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
- ^ 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 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "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.