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 / 60.85556°N 22.69722°E / 60.85556; 22.69722
Country Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionLoimaa sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerAsta Suominen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total117.72 km2 (45.45 sq mi)
 • Land117.78 km2 (45.48 sq mi)
 • Water0.1 km2 (0.04 sq mi)
 • Rank291st largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
 • Total1,316
 • Rank283rd largest in Finland
 • Density11.17/km2 (28.9/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

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

It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,316 (30 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 11.17 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.9/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. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 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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