Multia, Finland

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Multia
Municipality
Multian kunta

Multia Church

Coat of arms

Location of Multia in Finland
Coordinates: 62°24.5′N 024°47.7′E / 62.4083°N 24.7950°E / 62.4083; 24.7950Coordinates: 62°24.5′N 024°47.7′E / 62.4083°N 24.7950°E / 62.4083; 24.7950
Country Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Keuruu sub-region
Charter 1868
Government
 • Municipal manager Jukka Kivitalo
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 765.62 km2 (295.61 sq mi)
 • Land 733.25 km2 (283.11 sq mi)
 • Water 32.37 km2 (12.50 sq mi)
Area rank 156th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 1,702
 • Rank 295th largest in Finland
 • Density 2.32/km2 (6.0/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.9% (official)
 • Swedish 0.2%
 • Others 1%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 15.2%
 • 15 to 64 55.5%
 • 65 or older 29.3%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.75%
Website www.multia.fi

Multia is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,702 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 765.62 square kilometres (295.61 sq mi) of which 32.37 km2 (12.50 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 146 lakes in Multia. Biggest lakes in Multia are Sinervä, Tarhapäänjärvi and Sahrajärvi-Pienvesi.[6] The population density is 2.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.0/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Muldia" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Multia" also in Swedish.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "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. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Multia". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.

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