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Noormarkku | |
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Former municipality | |
Noormarkun kunta Norrmarks kommun | |
![]() Noormarkunjoki towards north from the railway bridge | |
![]() Location of Noormarkku in Finland | |
Coordinates: 61°35.5′N021°52′E / 61.5917°N 21.867°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Satakunta |
Sub-region | Pori sub-region |
Consolidated | 2010 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Risto Peevo |
Area | |
• Total | 332.06 km2 (128.21 sq mi) |
• Land | 316.86 km2 (122.34 sq mi) |
• Water | 15.2 km2 (5.9 sq mi) |
Population (2009-12-31) [2] | |
• Total | 6,158 |
• Density | 19/km2 (48/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www.noormarkku.fi |
Noormarkku (Swedish : Norrmark) is a former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 6,158 (31 December 2009) [2] and covered an area of 332.06 square kilometres (128.21 sq mi) of which 15.2 km2 (5.9 sq mi) is water. [1] The population density was 19.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (50.3/sq mi).
Noormarkku is the birthplace of the Ahlstrom Corporation. Antti Ahlström invested in the entire development of Noormarkku, setting up one of Finland's first Finnish language schools and building a road network.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Noormarkku was annexed with the neighboring city of Pori on 1 January 2010.
A notable building is the Villa Mairea by architect Alvar Aalto designed as the private home for Maire and Harry Gullichsen.
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