Oripää

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Oripää
—  Municipality  —
Oripään kunta
Oripää museum

Coat of arms
Location of Oripää in Finland
Coordinates: 60°51′20″N 022°41′50″E / 60.85556°N 22.69722°E / 60.85556; 22.69722Coordinates: 60°51′20″N 022°41′50″E / 60.85556°N 22.69722°E / 60.85556; 22.69722
Country Finland
Province Western Finland
Region Finland Proper
Sub-region Loimaa sub-region
Government
 - Municipal manager Asta Suominen
Area (2009-01-01)[1]
 - Total 117.74 km2 (45.5 sq mi)
 - Land 117.64 km2 (45.4 sq mi)
 - Water 0.1 km2 (0 sq mi)
Area rank 336th largest in Finland
Population (2009-06-30)[2]
 - Total 1,408
 - Density 11.97/km2 (31/sq mi)
Population rank 325th largest in Finland
Population by native language [3]
 - Finnish 97.8% (official)
 - Swedish 0.1%
 - Others 2%
Population by age [4]
 - 0 to 14 19%
 - 15 to 64 60.2%
 - 65 or older 20.7%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 18.5%
Website www.oripaa.fi

Oripää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈoriˌpæː]) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 1,408 (30 June 2009)[2] and covers an area of 117.74 square kilometres (45.46 sq mi) of which 0.1 km2 (0.039 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.0 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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