Kuortane

It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 3,542 (31 July 2020)[2] and covers an area of 484.88 square kilometres (187.21 sq mi) of which 22.72 km2 (8.77 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 7.66 inhabitants per square kilometre (19.8/sq mi).

Old church in Kuortane
Kuortane
Municipality
Kuortaneen kunta
Kuortane kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Kuortane in Finland
Coordinates: 62°48.5′N 023°30.5′E
Country Finland
RegionSouth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionKuusiokunnat sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerPentti Turunen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total484.88 km2 (187.21 sq mi)
 • Land462.17 km2 (178.44 sq mi)
 • Water22.72 km2 (8.77 sq mi)
Area rank189th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total3,542
 • Rank205th largest in Finland
 • Density7.66/km2 (19.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others0.5%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1415.3%
 • 15 to 6459.5%
 • 65 or older25.2%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19.5%
Websitewww.kuortane.fi

Kuortane is a municipality of Finland.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Kuortane is the birthplace of world-famous architect Alvar Aalto.

Kuortane has a notable history of pine tar production. It is currently well known for the Kuortaneen urheilulukio, a sports institute and training facility where many young Finnish athletes study and train. Both the women's national under-18 ice hockey team and Team Kuortane of the Naisten Liiga are based at the institute.

People

See also

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.


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