Pomarkku

Pomarkku Påmark
Municipality
Pomarkun kunta Påmarks kommun
Pomarkku River
Coat of arms
Location of Pomarkku in Finland
Coordinates: 61°41.5′N 022°00.5′E
Country	Finland
Region	Satakunta
Sub-region	Pori sub-region
Charter	1868
Government
• Municipal manager	Mikko Airaksinen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	332.05 km^2 (128.21 sq mi)
• Land	301.2 km^2 (116.3 sq mi)
• Water	30.95 km^2 (11.95 sq mi)
• Rank	233rd largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,943
• Rank	259th largest in Finland
• Density	6.45/km^2 (16.7/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	98.4% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	1.5%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	14.6%
• 15 to 64	53.6%
• 65 or older	31.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfc
Website	www.pomarkku.fi

Pomarkku (Swedish: Påmark) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 1,943 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 332.05 square kilometres (128.21 sq mi) of which 30.95 km² (11.95 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 6.45 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.7/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People born in Pomarkku

• Oskari Vihantola (1876 – 1936)^{[citation needed]}
• Aulis Sileäkangas (1923 – 2013)^{[citation needed]}
• Raila Aho (1937 – )^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
3. "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.
4. "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

External links

Media related to Pomarkku at Wikimedia Commons Pomarkku travel guide from Wikivoyage

• Municipality of Pomarkku – Official website (in Finnish)