Uurainen
| Uurainen Urais |
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| Municipality | ||
| Uuraisten kunta | ||
| Uurainen Church
Uurainen Church
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| Location of Uurainen in Finland Location of Uurainen in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region | |
| Charter | 1868 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Juha Valkama | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 372.26 km2 (143.73 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 348.04 km2 (134.38 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 255th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 3,703 | |
| • Rank | 232nd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 10.64/km2 (27.6/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.2% | |
| • Others | 0.7% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 22.6% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.4% | |
| • 65 or older | 16% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Website | www.uurainen.fi | |
Uurainen (Swedish: Urais)is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 3,703 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 372.26 square kilometres (143.73 sq mi) of which 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 125 lakes in Uurainen. Biggest lakes are Kyynämöinen, Sääkspää and Iso-Uurainen.[6] The population density is 10.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.6/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Urais" in Swedish documents.[7]
Gallery
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Finnish lake summertime.jpg
Lake Kuorejärvi
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Uuraisten kirkon tapuli.jpg
The belfry of the Uurainen Church
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Uurainen – Official website (Finnish)
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