Ylistaro Explained

Ylistaro
Official Name:Finnish: Ylistaron kunta
Swedish: Ylistaro kommun
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Finland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Finland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Western Finland
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southern Ostrobothnia
Subdivision Type3:Sub-region
Subdivision Name3:Seinäjoki
Extinct Title:Merged with Seinäjoki
Extinct Date:January 1, 2009
Leader Title:City manager
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:484.08
Area Land Km2:481.35
Area Water Km2:2.73
Population Total:5582
Population As Of:2003
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name:Official languages
Blank Info:Finnish
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Ylistaro is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Nurmo to Seinäjoki on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 5,582 (2003) and covered an area of 484.08 km2 of which 2.73 km2 is water. The population density was 11.6 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

In May 2007 it was agreed that Ylistaro would merge with the city of Seinäjoki and the neighbouring municipality of Nurmo; so from 2009 Ylistaro ended its independent existence.

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