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Country
  
Finland

Charter (as a town)
  
1365

Gained town privileges
  
2000

Local time
  
Friday 5:36 AM

Sub-region
  
Pori sub-region

Lost town privileges
  
1558

Area
  
422.6 km²

Region
  
Satakunta

Ulvila

Area rank
  
204th largest in Finland

Weather
  
0°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 94% Humidity

Ulvila (Swedish: Ulvsby) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is one of the six medieval cities of Finland, as well as the third oldest in the country. Its position as city was taken over by Pori in the 16th century.

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Map of 28400 Ulvila, Finland

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 13,334 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 400.65 square kilometres (154.69 sq mi) of which 21.82 km2 (8.42 sq mi) is water. The population density is 33.28 inhabitants per square kilometre (86.2/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the Finnish municipal elections 2012 in Ulvila:

  • Social Democratic Party 29,0%
  • National Coalition Party 24,1%
  • Centre Party 15,4%
  • Left Alliance 12.9%
  • True Finns 11,1%
  • Christian Democrats 4,0%
  • Green League 3,5%
  • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Ulvila is twinned with:

  • Ljusdal Municipality, Sweden
  • Suure-Jaani, Estonia
  • References

    Ulvila Wikipedia