Tyrnävä

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Municipality in North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Tyrnävä in Finland

Coordinates: 64°45′N 025°39′E / 64.750°N 25.650°E / 64.750; 25.650Country

FinlandRegionNorth OstrobothniaSub-regionOulu sub-regionCharter1865Government

• MayorVesa AnttilaArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total494.85 km² (191.06 sq mi) • Land491.82 km² (189.89 sq mi) • Water3.07 km² (1.19 sq mi) • Rank177th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,525 • Rank140th largest in Finland • Density13.27/km² (34.4/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish98.8% (official) • Swedish0.2% • Others1%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1430.8% • 15 to 6455.4% • 65 or older13.8%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.tyrnava.fi

Tyrnävä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtyrnæʋæ]) is a municipality in the North Ostrobothnia region of Finland with a population of 6,525 (31 December 2023).^[2] It covers an area of 494.85 square kilometres (191.06 sq mi), of which 3.07 km² (1.19 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 13.27 inhabitants per square kilometre (34.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The city of Oulu is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the center of Tyrnävä.

The most important product of Tyrnävä is potatoes. The municipality has a lot of seed potato production, and the Tyrnävä's region is defined as one of the four high-quality seed potato growing areas in the European Union.^[6]

Notable people

Väinö Kirstinä (1936–2007)

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ YLE: Keski-Euroopan oikutteleva sää käänsi perunan kasvattajien katseet Suomeen (in Finnish)