Yläne

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Yläne
Former municipality
Yläneen kunta
Yläne kommun
Ylane in June 2015.jpg
The village of Yläne in July 2015
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 60°52′45″N22°24′40″E / 60.87917°N 22.41111°E / 60.87917; 22.41111
Country Finland
Province Western Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Loimaa
Merged with Pöytyä January 1, 2009
Government
 •  City manager Risto Laurikainen
Area
 • Total364.76 km2 (140.83 sq mi)
 • Land342.77 km2 (132.34 sq mi)
 • Water21.99 km2 (8.49 sq mi)
 • Rank 250th
Population
 (2003)
 • Total2,157
 • Rank 341st
 • Density5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
 +0.1 % change
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languages Finnish
Urbanisation 45.4%
Unemployment rate12.7%
Climate Dfc
Website www.ylane.fi

Yläne (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈylæne] ) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Pöytyä on 1 January 2009.

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It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,119 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 364.76km2 of which 21.99km2 is water. The population density was 6.18 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

History

Yläne manor was the prime residence of Filippa Fleming (d. 1578) who broke with legal protocol by leaving it in her will to John III of Sweden rather than her brother Klas Fleming. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Conciliatory, negotiating, insubordinate women. Female agency in the Fleming family, 1470–1620" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2023-07-08.

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