Myrskylä

Myrskylä
Myrskylä – Mörskom
Municipality
Myrskylän kunta
Mörskom kommun

Myrskylä Church

Coat of arms

Location of Myrskylä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°40′N 025°51′E / 60.667°N 25.850°E / 60.667; 25.850Coordinates: 60°40′N 025°51′E / 60.667°N 25.850°E / 60.667; 25.850
Country Finland
Region Uusimaa
Sub-region Porvoo sub-region
Charter 1636
Government
 • Municipality manager Sabah Samaletdin
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 206.34 km2 (79.67 sq mi)
 • Land 200.36 km2 (77.36 sq mi)
 • Water 5.98 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Area rank 298th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 1,966
 • Rank 291st largest in Finland
 • Density 9.81/km2 (25.4/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 87.2% (official)
 • Swedish 10.8% (official)
 • Others 2%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 17.4%
 • 15 to 64 61.6%
 • 65 or older 21%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20%
Urbanisation 44.6%
Unemployment rate 11.0%
Climate Dfb
Website www.myrskyla.fi

Myrskylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmyrskylæ]; Swedish: Mörskom) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,966 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 206.34 square kilometres (79.67 sq mi) of which 5.98 km2 (2.31 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 9.81 inhabitants per square kilometre (25.4/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Askola, Porvoo, Pukkila, Orimattila, Lapinjärvi and Loviisa.

Population

Demo-linguistic evolution in Myrskylä municipality in the period 1880-2010.
In orange: Number of Finnish speakers.
In blue: Number Swedish speakers.
In grey: Number of people with another native language.
Myrskylän asukasluvun kehitys Template:Lähde
Vuosi Asukasluku
19802 073
19812 047
19822 005
19831 994
19842 026
19851 998
19861 985
19871 979
19882 014
19892 051
19902 098
19912 066
19922 065
19932 054
19942 051
19952 040
19962 021
19972 011
19982 022
19992 036
20002 044
20011 974
20021 992
20032 012
20042 036
20052 033
20062 050
20072 026
20082 010
20092 021
20102 006
20112 008

The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.

Myrskylä is the birthplace of former Olympic track champion Lasse Virén. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Myrskylä:

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.

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