Ähtäri

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Ähtäri
Toun
Ähtärin kaupunki
Coat of airms o Ähtäri
Coat airms
Location o Ähtäri in Finland
Location o Ähtäri in Finland
Coordinates: 62°33′N 024°04′E / 62.550°N 24.067°E / 62.550; 24.067Coordinates: 62°33′N 024°04′E / 62.550°N 24.067°E / 62.550; 24.067
Kintra Finland
RegionSoothren Ostrobothnie
Sub-regionKuusiokunnat sub-region
Chairter1867
Toun privileges1986
Govrenment
 • Municipal managerKari Heikkilä 
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total910.87 km2 (351.69 sq mi)
 • Laund804.96 km2 (310.80 sq mi)
 • Water105 km2 (41 sq mi)
Area rank97t lairgest in Finland
Population
 (2019-01-31)[2]
 • Total5,707
 • Rank157t lairgest in Finland
 • Density7.09/km2 (18.4/sq mi)
Population bi native leid
 • Finnish99.3% (offeecial)
 • Swadish0.1%
 • Ithers0.6%
Population by age
 • 0 tae 1415.3%
 • 15 tae 6463%
 • 65 or aulder21.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]20.75%
Websitewww.ahtari.fi

Ähtäri (Swadish: Etseri) is a toun an municipality o Finland.

It is locatit in the Soothren Ostrobothnie region. The toun haes a population o 5,707 (31 Januar 2019)[2] an covers an aurie o 910.87 square kilometre (351.69 sq mi) o which 105 km2 (41 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 7.09 inhabitants per square kilometre (18.4/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingual Finnish.

Ähtäri is kent for tourism. Thare is a zoo an hotel Mesikämmen designed bi Timo an Tuomo Suomalainen which is pairtly built athin bedrock. The biggest lake in the aurie is Ähtärinjärvi. Thare is a relatively auld an sma buird mill cried Vääräkosken Pahvi in Ähtäri.

The lairgest private sector employers are Inhan Tehtaat, Silver-Veneet, Tankki, an Muovilami.

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  1. a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
  2. a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2019.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011.

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