Huittinen
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| Huittinen | |||
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| Huittisten kaupunki | |||
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| Coordinates: 61°10.5′N 022°42′E / 61.175°N 22.7°ECoordinates: 61°10.5′N 022°42′E / 61.175°N 22.7°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Satakunta | ||
| Sub-region | Pori sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1865 | ||
| Market town | 1972 | ||
| Town privileges | 1977 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Town manager | Jyrki Peltomaa | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 539.59 km2 (208.34 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 532.62 km2 (205.65 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 216th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2012-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 10,659 | ||
| • Rank | 96th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 20.01/km2 (51.8/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 98.1% (official) | ||
| • Swedish | 0.1% | ||
| • Others | 1.8% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 15.2% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 63% | ||
| • 65 or older | 21.8% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% | ||
| Website | www.huittinen.fi | ||
Huittinen (Swedish: Vittis) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Satakunta region. The town has a population of 10,659 (31 January 2012)[2] and covers an area of 539.59 square kilometres (208.34 sq mi) of which 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 20.01 inhabitants per square kilometre (51.8 /sq mi).
The town is unilingually Finnish.
Risto Ryti, the president of Finland in 1940–44, was born in Huittinen in 1889.
Municipality of Vampula was consolidated with Huittinen on 1 January 2009.
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[edit] Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Huittinen:
- True Finns 29.7%
- Centre Party 24.1%
- National Coalition Party 18.1%
- Social Democratic Party 13.9%
- Left Alliance 7.2%
- Green League 3.4%
- Christian Democrats 3.1%
[edit] International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland
[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities
Huittinen is twinned with:
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
[edit] External links
Media related to Huittinen at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Huittinen – Official website
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