Loimaa
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| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Finland Proper |
| Sub-region | Loimaa |
| City manager | Jorma Kopu |
| Official languages | Finnish |
| Area - total - land |
ranked 210th 481.86 km² 480.04 km² |
| Population - total (2003) - change - density |
ranked 81st 13,094 - 0.4 % 27.3/km² |
| Urbanisation | 69.6 % |
| Unemployment rate | 11.0 % |
| http://www.loimaa.fi/ | |
Loimaa (IPA: [ˈloimɑː]) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 13,087 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 481.86 km² of which 1.82 km² is water. The population density is 27.26 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The town of Loimaa merged with Loimaan kunta (literally "municipality of Loimaa") on January 1, 2005.
[edit] Subdivisions and Wards
Alastaron-Mäenpää, Eura, Haara, Haaroinen, Haitula, Hartoinen, Hattula, Hirvikoski, Hurskala, Ilmarinen, Inkilä, Joenperä, Juva, Karhula, Karsattila, Kauhanoja, Kemppilä, Kesärlä, Klockarla, Kojonperä l Koenperä, Krekilä, Kuninkainen, Kurittula, Kuttila, Köyliö, Lappijoki, Levälä, Lähde, Metsämaa, Mäenpää, Niemi, Onkijoki, Pahikainen, Pappinen[1], Peltoinen, Piltola, Puujalkala, Raikkola, Seppälä, Sieppala, Torkkala, Vesikoski, Vilvainen
[edit] Sights
- Alpo Jaakola`s statuepark
- Heikintalo´s bison farm
- Kanta-Loimaan kirkko
- Kotiseutumuseo
- Mill of Krekilä
- Sarka, agriculturemuseum of Finland
- Mill of Vesikoski
[edit] External links
- http://www.loimaa.fi/ - Official website (in Finnish)
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