Malax
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Malax (; , ) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Malax is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Malax is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Malax
- Settlement.native_name
- –
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Åminne, Maalahti 2008.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Maalahti.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Maalahti sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Malax in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vaasa
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jenny Malmsten
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Malax kommun
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Vaasa Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 5456
- Area
- 1432.84
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Vaasa
- Official website
- www.malax.fi/fi
- Image
- Fresnel lens of Strömmingsbådan lighthouse.jpg
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- native label
- Maalahti
- Commons category
- Malax
- inception
- 1607-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Malax
- associated electoral district
- Vaasa
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Vaasa sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=475
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Name
- Language
- Status
- Features
- Writing system
- Politics
- References
- External links
Malax (; , ) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Malax is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Malax is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Malax covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malax” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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