Alavus

Template:Infobox Finnish municipality Alavus (Swedish: Alavo) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)^[1] and covers an area of ^{[convert: invalid number]} of which ^{[convert: invalid number]} is water.^[2] The population density is ^{[convert: invalid number]}. Neighbouring municipalities are Alajärvi, Kuortane, Seinäjoki, Virrat and Ähtäri.

Agriculture and forestry employ a significant share of the population. Most of the industry in Alavus is related to construction: materials, design and contractors. Alavus has 60 lakes with 324 kilometres (201 mi) of shoreline. The town is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people

Rauha S. Virtanen (1931-2019), author

References

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External links

Media related to Alavus at Wikimedia Commons
Town of Alavus – Official website

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v t e Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia
Municipalities	Alajärvi Alavus Evijärvi Ilmajoki Isojoki Isokyrö Karijoki Kauhajoki Kauhava Kuortane Kurikka Lappajärvi Lapua Seinäjoki Soini Teuva Vimpeli Ähtäri
Former municipalities	Alahärmä Jalasjärvi Jurva Kortesjärvi Lehtimäki Nurmo Peräseinäjoki Seinäjoen maalaiskunta Töysä Ylihärmä Ylistaro
South Ostrobothnia Finland

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany
Geographic	MusicBrainz area

Notable people

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