Uurainen
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Landscape : | Central Finland |
Administrative community : | Jyväskylä |
Geographical location | 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 .
Political party | 2008 election results | Seats |
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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
- Mirja Lehtonen (1942–2009), cross-country skier