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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Oripää
Oripää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈoriˌpæː]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,293 (31 August 2024) and covers an area of 117.72 square kilometres (45.45 sq mi) of which 0.1 km (0.039 sq mi) is water. The population density is 10.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

An agricultural show OKRA is held in Oripää every two years.

History

Oripää is named after a nearby hill, Orivuori (literally the "stallion mountain"), which may also have been called Oripää ("stallion head") at some point. As a village, Oripää is first mentioned in 1421. It was a part of the Pöytyä parish, but administratively a part of the Kumogård castle fief (linnalääni/slottslän), i.e. Satakunta. In the 15th century, the bishop of Turku had five leasehold farms in the village.

Oripää gained chapel rights in 1778 and became an independent parish in 1901.

References

  1. ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Welcome to OKRA". okramaatalous.fi. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  6. ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 306. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Suomen Sukututkimusseura". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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