Oravais
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Oravais () is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,189 (31 October 2010) and covered a land area of . The population density was . The municipality was consolidated with Vörå-Maxmo to form the new municipality of Vörå on 1 January 2011.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Oravais
- Settlement.native_name
- –
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Former municipality
- Settlement.image_shield
- Oravainen.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Oravainen.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Oravais in Finland
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vaasa sub-region
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Markku Niskala
- Settlement.established_date
- 1859
- Settlement.extinct_title
- Consolidated
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Vaasa Province
- Population
- 2207
- Followed by
- Vörå
- Official website
- www.oravais.fi/kommunen/suomea
- Image
- Oravais - Johan Knutson - Finland framställdt i teckningar - 107.jpg
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- Commons category
- Oravais
- twinned administrative body
- Ånge Municipality
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Trade and industry
- History
- Famous people from Oravais
- See also
- References
- External links
Oravais () is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,189 (31 October 2010) and covered a land area of . The population density was . The municipality was consolidated with Vörå-Maxmo to form the new municipality of Vörå on 1 January 2011.
The municipality was officially bilingual, with the majority speaking Swedish (81%) and the minority Finnish (10%). Most of the remaining 9% live in Oravais Reception Centre for Refugees, and speak several other languages. ==Trade and industry== Farming forestry and fur farming employs 18.8% of the population, industry etc. 33.4%, the service sector 46.8% and unclassified sectors 1%. Traditionally, Oravais has been dominated by farming, with notable elements of industry. The structural transformation of farming has been considerable; today 118 farmers and about 40 fur farmers are still active.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oravais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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