Malax

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Malax kommun
Maalahden kunta
coat of arms map
Malax coat of arms Location of Malax in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Ostrobothnia
Administrative community : Vaasa
Geographical location 62 ° 57 ′  N , 21 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 62 ° 57 ′  N , 21 ° 33 ′  E
Surface: 1,954.94 km²
of which land area: 520.98 km²
of which inland waterways: 4.25 km²
of which sea area: 1,429.71 km²
Residents : 5,477 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 10.5 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 475
Language (s) : Swedish , Finnish
Website : www.malax.fi

Malax ( Swedish , Finnish : Maalahti ) is a commune in the western Finnish landscape Ostrobothnia . It is located around 20 kilometers south of the city of Vaasa on the archipelago coast of the Gulf of Bothnia . Around 89 percent of the 5,477 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) are Finland-Swedes , 8 percent speak Finnish as their mother tongue. The community is officially bilingual .

Malax has been part of the Mustasaari parish (today Korsholm ) since the Middle Ages and became independent from it in 1607. Today's political municipality Malax was created in 1973 with the merger of the formerly independent municipalities Malax, Petalax and the island municipality of Bergö; In 1975, the northern part of the dissolved municipality of Pörtom was also added to it. Malax today includes the districts of Yttermalax, Övermalax, Petalax, Bergö, Långåminne, Nyby and Norra Pörtom.

Traditionally, agriculture, forestry and fishing are of great importance; today, however, around 60 percent of those in employment work in the service sector.

The parish church of Malax is located in the old center, today Yttermalax, and was built in 1829 according to plans by the Italian architect Charles Bassi . The Kvarken Boat Museum, the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, is also of tourist interest .

Web links

Commons : Malax  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB).
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018