Vampula

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Vampula
Former municipality
Vampulan kunta
Vambula kommun
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Vampula Church
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Coat of arms
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Location of Vampula in Finland
Coordinates: 61°01′35″N022°41′25″E / 61.02639°N 22.69028°E / 61.02639; 22.69028 Coordinates: 61°01′35″N022°41′25″E / 61.02639°N 22.69028°E / 61.02639; 22.69028
Country Finland
Region Satakunta
Sub-region Pori sub-region
Consolidated2009
Area
[1]
 • Total143.8 km2 (55.5 sq mi)
 • Land142.34 km2 (54.96 sq mi)
 • Water1.46 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2008-12-31) [2]
 • Total1,677
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate Dfc

Vampula is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Huittinen on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 1,677 (31 December 2008) [2] and covered a land area of 142.34 square kilometres (54.96 sq mi). [1] The population density was 11.78 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.5/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Kuntien asukasluvut suuruusjärjestyksessä". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.

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