Oripää
Oripää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈoriˌpæː]) is a municipality of Finland.
Oripää | |
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Municipality | |
| Oripään kunta Oripää kommun | |
Oripää Church | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Oripää in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°51′20″N 022°41′50″E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Loimaa sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Asta Suominen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 117.72 km2 (45.45 sq mi) |
| • Land | 117.78 km2 (45.48 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.1 km2 (0.04 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 291st largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,315 |
| • Rank | 283rd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.16/km2 (28.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 90.6% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.5% |
| • Others | 8.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 16.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 55.9% |
| • 65 or older | 27.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.oripaa.fi |
It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,315 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 117.72 square kilometres (45.45 sq mi) of which 0.1 km2 (0.039 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.16 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.9/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
Oripää is named after a nearby hill, Orivuori (literally the "stallion mountain"), which may also have been called Oripää ("stallion head") at some point. As a village, Oripää is first mentioned in 1421. It was a part of the Pöytyä parish, but administratively a part of the Kumogård castle fief (linnalääni/slottslän), i.e. Satakunta. In the 15th century, the bishop of Turku had five leasehold farms in the village.[4]
Oripää gained chapel rights in 1778 and became an independent parish in 1901.[5]
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- "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.
- "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 306. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- "Suomen Sukututkimusseura". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
External links
Media related to Oripää at Wikimedia Commons
- Oripää travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Oripää – Official website (in Finnish)