Muonio
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| Muonion kunta | |||
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| Coordinates: 67°57.5′N 023°41′E / 67.9583°N 23.683°ECoordinates: 67°57.5′N 023°41′E / 67.9583°N 23.683°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Lapland | ||
| Sub-region | Fell Lapland sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1868 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Aulikki Heinonen | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 2,038.15 km2 (786.93 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,904.24 km2 (735.23 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 133.91 km2 (51.70 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 41st largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2012-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 2,369 | ||
| • Rank | 275th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 1.24/km2 (3.2/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 97.1% (official) | ||
| • Swedish | 0.6% | ||
| • Sami | 0.2% | ||
| • Others | 2.2% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 15.6% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 65% | ||
| • 65 or older | 19.4% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% | ||
| Website | www.muonio.fi | ||
Muonio (previously called Muonionniska, Northern Sami: Muoná) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 2,369 (31 January 2012)[2] and covers an area of 2,038.15 square kilometres (786.93 sq mi) of which 133.91 km2 (51.70 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.2 /sq mi). The neighbour municipalities are Enontekiö, Kittilä, Kolari and in the west Swedish Pajala. There is a bridge across the border river to Sweden.
Muonio is known as the municipality with the longest snow season in Finland. For that reason its vocational college has a top ski class that attracts aspiring cross-country ski champions from all over Finland.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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[edit] Villages
The villages in Muonio include Ylimuonio, Kangosjärvi, Kätkäsuvanto, Kihlanki and Särkijärvi.
[edit] Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Muonio:
- Centre Party 27.5%
- National Coalition Party 23.2%
- True Finns 16.4%
- Social Democratic Party 15.9%
- Left Alliance 9.8%
- Green League 3.0%
- Christian Democrats 2.4%
- Swedish People's Party 1.5%
- Other parties 0.3%
[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 Muonio at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Muonio – Official website
- Information on Muonio's ski resorts and the Lapland super pass
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