Orimattila

Orimattila
Town
Orimattilan kaupunki
Orimattila Church

Coat of arms

Location of Orimattila in Finland
Country  Finland
Region Päijänne Tavastia
Sub-region Lahti sub-region
Charter 1636
City rights 1992
Government
 • Town manager Osmo Pieski
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 814.01 km2 (314.29 sq mi)
 • Land 785.34 km2 (303.22 sq mi)
 • Water 28.87 km2 (11.15 sq mi)
Area rank 105th largest in Finland
Population (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 16,071
 • Rank 72nd largest in Finland
 • Density 20.46/km2 (53.0/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98% (official)
 • Swedish 0.5%
 • Others 1.5%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 18.7%
 • 15 to 64 63.8%
 • 65 or older 17.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.75%
Climate Dfc
Website www.orimattila.fi

Orimattila is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of 16,071 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 814.01 square kilometres (314.29 sq mi) of which 28.87 km2 (11.15 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 20.46 inhabitants per square kilometre (53.0/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality of Artjärvi was consolidated with Orimattila on 1 January 2011.[6]

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Orimattila:

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Orimattila is twinned with:

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  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.
  6. ↑ "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ "International cooperation". Valka. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

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