Alastaro Explained

Alastaro
Official Name:Finnish: Alastaron kunta
Swedish: Alastaro kommun
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Southwest Finland
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Loimaa sub-region
Extinct Title:Consolidated
Extinct Date:2009
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:258.12
Area Land Km2:256.8
Area Water Km2:1.32
Population As Of:2008-12-31
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:2910
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Dfc
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:60.9542°N 22.8639°W

Alastaro (in Finnish pronounced as /ˈɑlɑstɑro/) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged into the town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009.

Alastaro is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,910 (31 December 2008) and covered an area of of which 1.32 km² is water. The population density was 11.33 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The Alastaro Circuit opened in 1990.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area by municipality as of . . Land Survey of Finland . PDF . Finnish, Swedish .
  2. Web site: Population by municipality as of . . Population Information System . Population Register Center of Finland . Finnish, Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202145510/http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/029EEED89C84611BC22575350052CE3A/%24file/081231.html . 2010-12-02 .