Punkalaidun

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Punkalaidun
Municipality
Punkalaitumen kunta
Punkalaiduns kommun
Punkalaidun municipal hall.JPG
The Municipal House
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Coat of arms
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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)
 • Land361.07 km2 (139.41 sq mi)
 • Water2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
 • Rank 213th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-02-28) [2]
 • Total2,671
 • Rank 229th largest in Finland
 • Density7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 •  Finnish 97.7% (official)
 •  Swedish 0.2%
 • Others2.1%
Population by age
[4]
 • 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 2,671 (28 February 2023) [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 7.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi).

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

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland . Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland . Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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