Vörå
Vörå is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 12% Finnish speakers, 81% Swedish speakers, and 7% speakers of other languages.
In 2011, Vörå was formed by merging the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais. Vörå-Maxmo, in turn, was established in 2007 by merging the municipalities of (old) Vörå and Maxmo.
As of 2014, primary industries in Vörå employ "15.5 per cent of the population, 32.9 per cent of people work in the industrial sector, and 50.3 per cent of people work in the service sector."
The Battle of Oravais during the Finnish War (1808-1809) took place in Vörå.
Education: In 2024, the municipality's Finnish-speaking school will get disestablished.
Old Vörå
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The former municipality had a population of 3,524 (2003) and covered an area of 427.50 square kilometres (165.06 sq mi) of which 2.38 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi) is water. The population density was 8.3 inhabitants per km. The majority were speakers of Swedish (85%) and the minority speakers of Finnish (14%).