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Punkalaidun | |
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Municipality | |
Punkalaitumen kunta Punkalaiduns kommun | |
Coordinates: 61°06.7′N023°06.3′E / 61.1117°N 23.1050°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Pirkanmaa |
Sub-region | South Western Pirkanmaa sub-region |
Charter | 1639 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Jyrki Moilanen |
Area (2018-01-01) [1] | |
• Total | 364.02 km2 (140.55 sq mi) |
• Land | 361.1 km2 (139.4 sq mi) |
• Water | 2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi) |
• Rank | 213th largest in Finland |
Population (2024-08-31) [2] | |
• Total | 2,616 |
• Rank | 229th largest in Finland |
• Density | 7.24/km2 (18.8/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 96.7% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 3.2% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 12.4% |
• 15 to 64 | 51.4% |
• 65 or older | 36.2% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.punkalaidun.fi |
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Neighbouring municipalities are Huittinen, Humppila, Loimaa, Urjala, and Sastamala.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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