Punkalaidun

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Punkalaidun
Municipality
Punkalaitumen kunta
Punkalaiduns kommun
Punkalaidun municipal hall.JPG
The Municipal House
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Punkalaidun sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Punkalaidun in Finland
Coordinates: 61°06.7′N023°06.3′E / 61.1117°N 23.1050°E / 61.1117; 23.1050
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region Pirkanmaa
Sub-region South Western Pirkanmaa sub-region
Charter 1639
Government
  Municipal managerJyrki Moilanen
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
  Total364.02 km2 (140.55 sq mi)
  Land361.1 km2 (139.4 sq mi)
  Water2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
  Rank 213th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-08-31) [2]
  Total2,616
  Rank 229th largest in Finland
  Density7.24/km2 (18.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
   Finnish 96.7% (official)
   Swedish 0.1%
  Others3.2%
Population by age
[3]
  0 to 1412.4%
  15 to 6451.4%
  65 or older36.2%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website www.punkalaidun.fi

Punkalaidun (Swedish : Punkalaidun, also Pungalaitio) is a municipality of Finland.

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It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,616 (31 August 2024) [2] and covers an area of 364.02 square kilometres (140.55 sq mi) of which 2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi) is water. [1] The population density is 7.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (18.8/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Huittinen, Humppila, Loimaa, Urjala, and Sastamala.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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