Alastaro
Alastaro | |
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Former municipality | |
| Alastaron kunta Alastaro kommun | |
 Alastaro Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Alastaro inFinland | |
| Coordinates:60°57′15″N022°51′50″E/ 60.95417°N 22.86389°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Loimaa sub-region |
| Consolidated | 2009 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 258.12 km2(99.66 sq mi) |
| • Land | 256.8 km2(99.2 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.32 km2(0.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,910 |
| • Density | 11/km2(29/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
Alastaro(Finnish pronunciation:[ˈɑlɑstɑro]) is aformer municipalityofFinland.It was merged into the town ofLoimaaon 1 January 2009.
Alastaro is located in theprovinceofSouthern Finlandand is part of theSouthwest Finlandregion.The municipality had a population of 2,910 (31 December 2008) and covered an area of 258.12 km2(99.66 sq mi) of which 1.32 km² is water. Thepopulation densitywas 11.33 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilinguallyFinnish.
TheAlastaro Circuitopened in 1990.
References
[edit]- ^"Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008"(PDF)(in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland.Retrieved27 March2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008".Population Information System(in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived fromthe originalon 2010-12-02.Retrieved27 March2010.
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- Alastaro-Seura ry(in Finnish)
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