Charter 1855 Municipal tax rate 20.5% Region Southern Ostrobothnia | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Thursday 10:47 AM | |
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Area rank 134th largest in Finland Weather 3°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 69% Humidity | ||
Isojoki (Swedish: Storå) is a municipality of Finland.
Map of 64900 Isojoki, Finland
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Isojoki is 2,112 (31 March 2016) and the municipality covers an area of 642.38 km2 (248.02 sq mi) of which 5.05 km2 (1.95 sq mi) is inland water (1 January 2016). The population density is 3.29/km2 (8.5/sq mi). Although the area isn't very high, one of the highest hills of southern Finland is located here (Lauhanvuori). Many Finns from this area immigrated to Minnesota, in the USA, as well as Michigan.
Industry: Wood, potato, machinery.
Tourism: Lauhanvuori National Park (hotel, viewtower, big smoke sauna, historical nature with many relics from ice-age)
Nature: Mostly Forest, swamp and agriculture
The municipality is unilingually Finnish and neighbour municipalities are Honkajoki, Karijoki, Kauhajoki, Kristiinankaupunki, Merikarvia and Siikainen.