Vörå
Template:Infobox Finnish municipality
Vörå (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈvœːro]; Finnish: Vöyri) is a municipality of Finland. In 2011, it was created from the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais.[1] Vörå-Maxmo was created in 2007 from the municipalities of (old) Vörå and Maxmo. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region.
The municipality is bilingual, with the majority (0%) speaking Swedish and the minority (0%) Finnish.
Old Vörå
The former municipality had a population of 3,524 (2003) and covered an area of 427.50 km² of which 2.38 km² is water. The population density was 8.3 inhabitants per km². The majority were speakers of Swedish (85%) and the minority speakers of Finnish (14%).
References
- ^ "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
External links
Media related to Vörå at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Vörå – Official website (in Swedish and Finnish)
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