Country Finland Sub-region Vaasa sub-region Re-established 2007 (Vörå-Maxmo) Local time Wednesday 6:27 PM | Region Ostrobothnia Charter 1868 (Vörå) Re-established 2011 (Vörå) | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 81% Humidity Area 781.8 km² (781.3 km² Land / 718.6 km² Water) | ||
Vörå (Finnish: Vöyri) is a municipality of Finland. In 2011, it was created from the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais. Vörå-Maxmo was created in 2007 from the municipalities of (old) Vörå and Maxmo. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region.
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The municipality is bilingual, with the majority (85%) speaking Swedish and the minority (14%) Finnish.
Old Vörå
The former municipality had a population of 3,524 (2003) and covered an area of 427.50 km² of which 2.38 km² is water. The population density was 8.3 inhabitants per km². The majority were speakers of Swedish (85%) and the minority speakers of Finnish (14%).
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Vörå Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA