Uurainen

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Uuraists kunta
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Uurainen Location of Uurainen in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Central Finland
Administrative community : Jyväskylä
Geographical location 62 ° 30 ′  N , 25 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 62 ° 30 ′  N , 25 ° 26 ′  E
Surface: 372.27 km²
of which land area: 348.05 km²
of which inland waterways: 24.22 km²
Residents : 3,783 (Dec 31, 2018)
Population density : 10.9 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 892
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.uurainen.fi

Uurainen [ uːrɑi̯nen ] ( Swedish : Urais) is a commune in the countryside of Central Finland in the west of Finland .

Localities

The community includes the places Haukimäenkylä, Höytiä, Jokihaara, Kangashäkki, Kirkonkylä, Kotaperä, Kummunkylä, Kuukkajärvi, Kyynämöinen, Nyrölä, Oikarisperä, Pirttiperä and Uurainen.

politics

As in most rural areas in Finland, the Center Party is the strongest political force in Uurainen . In the 2008 local elections she received over a third of the vote. In the municipal council, the highest decision-making body in local affairs, it has nine out of 21 members. The Social Democrats won four seats , as did the right-wing populist True Finns , who are disproportionately strong in Uurainen. The Christian Democrats won three seats, and the conservative National Assembly Party won one .

Composition of the municipal council (2009–2012)
Political party 2008 election results Seats
Center Party 36.8% 9
Social democrats 19.6% 4th
True Finns 17.2% 4th
Christian Democrats 15.9% 3
National rally party 8.1% 1

coat of arms

Description of the coat of arms : "In the green coat of arms with a curved golden tip a six-spoke green wheel ".

Sons and daughters

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2011 (PDF file; 194 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
  3. ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Result of the 2008 local elections