Yläne

Yläne
Former municipality
Yläneen kunta
Yläne kommun

Coat of arms
Country Finland
Province Western Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Loimaa
Merged with Pöytyä January 1, 2009
Government
  City manager Risto Laurikainen
Area
  Total 364.76 km2 (140.83 sq mi)
  Land 342.77 km2 (132.34 sq mi)
  Water 21.99 km2 (8.49 sq mi)
Area rank 250th
Population (2003)
  Total 2,157
  Rank 341st
  Density 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
  +0.1 % change
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languages Finnish
Urbanisation 45.4%
Unemployment rate 12.7%
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.

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 364.76 km² of which 21.99 km² is water. The population density was 6.18 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The village of Yläne in December of 2012.

Media related to Yläne at Wikimedia Commons

  • Pöytyä – Official website (in Finnish)

Coordinates: 60°52′45″N 22°24′40″E / 60.87917°N 22.41111°E / 60.87917; 22.41111


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