Isokyrö
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| State : |
 Finland
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| Landscape : | Ostrobothnia |
| Administrative community : | Kyrönmaa |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 0 ′ N , 22 ° 19 ′ E |
| Surface: | 357.03 km² |
| of which land area: | 354.24 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 2.79 km² |
| Residents : | 4,601 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 13 people / km² |
| Municipality number : | 152 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | www.isokyro.fi |
Isokyrö (Swedish Storkyro ) is a municipality with 4601 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) in the western Finnish region of Ostrobothnia . It is located in the coastal hinterland on the banks of the Kyrönjoki River, about halfway between the towns of Vaasa and Seinäjoki .
Today's Isokyrö is the old administrative center of the large community of Pohjankyrö , which has existed since the Middle Ages and covered large parts of the Kyrönjoki valley. In its current form, the municipality has existed since 1785 and includes the villages of Hevonkoski, Ikola, Kuivila, Kylkkälä, Laurola, Lehmäjoki, Naarajoki, Napue, Orismala, Palhojainen, Palo, Ritaala, Tuurala, Ulvila, Yryselä, Valtaala and Ventälä.
The medieval stone church of Isokyrö was built between 1513 and 1533. Its interior, built in 1560, is decorated with a total of 114 murals by Jaakko Geeti depicting biblical scenes.
On February 19, 1714, the last field battle of the Great Northern War was fought on Finnish soil in Isokyrö near the settlement of Napue (see Battle of Storkyro ). The Finnish-Swedish troops under Carl Gustaf Armfeldt , which many local farmers had joined, suffered heavy losses against the numerically far superior Russians. Almost all able-bodied men in Isokyrö parish died or were wounded. A monument erected in 1920 commemorates the battle.
Also worth seeing is the stately Orisberg estate, whose church and bell tower were built by Carl Ludwig Engel in 1831 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF file; 194 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ http://sydaby.eget.net/gen/jp_ostrobothnia.htm
