Yläne | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Yläneen kunta Swedish: Yläne kommun |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Finland |
Coordinates: | 60.8792°N 22.4111°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Finland |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southwest Finland |
Subdivision Type3: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name3: | Loimaa |
Extinct Title: | Merged with Pöytyä |
Extinct Date: | January 1, 2009 |
Leader Title: | City manager |
Leader Name: | Risto Laurikainen |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 364.76 |
Area Land Km2: | 342.77 |
Area Water Km2: | 21.99 |
Area Rank: | 250th |
Population Total: | 2157 |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Population Rank: | 341st |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Note: | +0.1 % change |
Blank Name: | Official languages |
Blank Info: | Finnish |
Blank1 Name: | Urbanisation |
Blank1 Info: | 45.4% |
Blank2 Name: | Unemployment rate |
Blank2 Info: | 12.7% |
Blank3 Name: | Climate |
Blank3 Info: | Dfc |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Website: | www.ylane.fi |
Yläne (pronounced as /fi/) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Pöytyä on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,119 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 364.76km2 of which 21.99km2 is water. The population density was 6.18 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Yläne manor was the prime residence of Filippa Fleming (d. 1578) who broke with legal protocol by leaving it in her will to John III of Sweden rather than her brother Klas Fleming.[1]