Country Finland Charter 1868 Municipal tax rate 19.75% Region Central Finland | Sub-region Keuruu sub-region Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Tuesday 1:47 PM | |
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Area rank 116th largest in Finland Weather 1°C, Wind SE at 23 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
Multia is a municipality of Finland.
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Map of 42600 Multia, Finland
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,702 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 733.26 square kilometres (283.11 sq mi) of which 32.37 km2 (12.50 sq mi) is water. The population density is 2.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.0/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Keuruu, Petäjävesi, Saarijärvi, Uurainen and Ähtäri.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Muldia" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Multia" also in Swedish.
Nature
There are all together 146 lakes in Multia. Biggest lakes in Multia are Sinervä, Tarhapäänjärvi and Sahrajärvi-Pienvesi.
Happenings
Kicksled World Championship