Vörå
Municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vörå (Finland Swedish: [ˈvœːro]; Finnish: Vöyri) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Vörå is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Vörå is approximately 6,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 111,000. It is the 150th most populous municipality in Finland.
Vöyri
Vörå – Vöyri | |
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Municipality | |
| Vörå kommun Vöyrin kunta | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Vörå in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°08′N 022°15′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Vaasa |
| Charter | 1868 (Vörå) |
| Re-established | 2007 (Vörå-Maxmo) |
| Re-established | 2011 (Vörå) |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Jan Finne |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,499.91 km2 (579.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 782.13 km2 (301.98 sq mi) |
| • Water | 718.6 km2 (277.5 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 107th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31 2020)[2] | |
• Total | 6,199 6,388 |
| • Rank | 150th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 7.93/km2 (20.5/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 80.9% (official) |
| • Finnish | 12.2% |
| • Others | 6.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.vora.fi |
Vörå is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 12% Finnish speakers, 81% Swedish speakers, and 7% speakers of other languages.
In 2011, Vörå was formed by merging the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais.[4] Vörå-Maxmo, in turn, was established in 2007 by merging the municipalities of (old) Vörå and Maxmo.
As of 2014, primary industries in Vörå employ "15.5 per cent of the population, 32.9 per cent of people work in the industrial sector, and 50.3 per cent of people work in the service sector."[5]
The Battle of Oravais during the Finnish War (1808-1809) took place in Vörå.[5]
Old Vörå
The former municipality had a population of 3,524 (2003) and covered an area of 427.50 square kilometres (165.06 sq mi) of which 2.38 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi) is water. The population density was 8.3 inhabitants per km2. The majority were speakers of Swedish (85%) and the minority speakers of Finnish (14%).[5]
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