Alastaro
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| Alastaro | |||
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| — Former municipality — | |||
| Alastaron kunta | |||
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| Coordinates: 60°57′15″N 022°51′50″E / 60.95417°N 22.86389°ECoordinates: 60°57′15″N 022°51′50″E / 60.95417°N 22.86389°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Finland Proper | ||
| Sub-region | Loimaa sub-region | ||
| Consolidated | 2009 | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • 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 | 11.33/km2 (29.3/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Alastaro (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑlɑstɑro]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,910 (31 December 2008) and covered an area of 258.12 km² of which 1.32 km² is water. The population density was 11.33 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
[edit] References
- ^ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2008.pdf. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/029EEED89C84611BC22575350052CE3A/$file/081231.html. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
[edit] External links
Media related to Alastaro at Wikimedia Commons
- Alastaro-Seura ry (Finnish)
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