Vimpeli

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Vimpelin kunta
coat of arms map
Vimpeli coat of arms Location of Vimpeli in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : South Ostrobothnia
Administrative community : Järviseutu
Geographical location 63 ° 10 ′  N , 23 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 63 ° 10 ′  N , 23 ° 49 ′  E
Surface: 328.79 km²
of which land area: 287.27 km²
of which inland waterways: 41.52 km²
Residents : 2,901 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 10.1 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 934
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.vimpeli.fi
Vimpeli center

Vimpeli ( Swedish Vindala ) is a municipality in the South Ostrobothnian countryside in western Finland . The entire community is Finnish-speaking .

Localities

The villages Hallapuro, Kirkonkylä, Koskela, Lakaniemi, Pokela, Pyhälahti, Rantakylä, Sääksvesi, Viitaniemi and Vinni belong to the municipality.

politics

As in most rural areas of Finland, the Center Party is the strongest political force in Vimpeli . In the 2008 local elections she received 46.9 percent, in the 2007 parliamentary election over half of the votes. In the local council, the highest decision-making body in local affairs, it has 11 out of 21 members and thus has a narrow absolute majority. The second strongest party are the right-wing populist True Finns , which with 24.3 percent in Vimpeli achieved one of their highest election results in the country and now has 5 MPs. The left-wing alliance is still represented in the municipal council with four seats. The two other Finnish people's parties besides the Center Party, on the other hand, hardly play a role in Vimpeli: the conservative National Assembly Party has only one MP, while the Social Democrats failed to make it into the local council with a share of only 3.4 percent.

Composition of the municipal council (2009–2012)
Political party 2008 election results Seats
Center Party 46.9% 11
True Finns 24.3% 5
Left alliance 16.4% 4th
National rally party 5.2% 1

Partner communities

Vimpeli has parish partnerships with Mosvik in Norway (since 1980 ) and Pudosch in Russia .

Sons and daughters

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
  3. ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Result of the 2007 general election
  4. ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Result of the 2008 local elections