Oripää

Oripää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈoriˌpæː]) is a municipality of Finland.

Oripää
Municipality
Oripään kunta
Oripää kommun
Oripää Church
Oripää Church
Coat of arms of Oripää
Coat of arms
Location of Oripää in Finland
Location of Oripää in Finland
Coordinates: 60°51′20″N 022°41′50″E
Country Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionLoimaa sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerAsta Suominen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total117.72 km2 (45.45 sq mi)
 • Land117.63 km2 (45.42 sq mi)
 • Water0.1 km2 (0.04 sq mi)
 • Rank291st largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-19)[2]
 • Total1,323
 • Rank283rd largest in Finland
 • Density11.25/km2 (29.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish91.6% (official)
 • Swedish0.5%
 • Others8%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1416.3%
 • 15 to 6455.9%
 • 65 or older27.8%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.oripaa.fi

It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,323 (19 September 2023)[2] and covers an area of 117.72 square kilometres (45.45 sq mi) of which 0.1 km2 (0.039 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.25 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.1/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Oripää is named after a nearby hill, Orivuori (literally the "stallion mountain"), which may also have been called Oripää ("stallion head") at some point. As a village, Oripää is first mentioned in 1421. It was a part of the Pöytyä parish, but administratively a part of the Kumogård castle fief (linnalääni/slottslän), i.e. Satakunta. In the 15th century, the bishop of Turku had five leasehold farms in the village.[5]

Oripää gained chapel rights in 1778 and became an independent parish in 1901.[6]

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,587,841 at the end of August 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 306. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  6. "Suomen Sukututkimusseura". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved January 4, 2023.

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