Noormarkku

Noormarkku
Former municipality
Noormarkun kunta

Noormarkunjoki towards north from the railway bridge

Coat of arms

Location of Noormarkku in Finland
Coordinates: 61°35.5′N 021°52′E / 61.5917°N 21.867°E / 61.5917; 21.867Coordinates: 61°35.5′N 021°52′E / 61.5917°N 21.867°E / 61.5917; 21.867
Country Finland
Region Satakunta
Sub-region Pori sub-region
Consolidated 2010
Government
 • Municipal manager Risto Peevo
Area[1]
 • Total 332.06 km2 (128.21 sq mi)
 • Land 316.86 km2 (122.34 sq mi)
 • Water 15.2 km2 (5.9 sq mi)
Population (2009-12-31)[2]
 • Total 6,158
 • Density 19.43/km2 (50.3/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website www.noormarkku.fi

Noormarkku (Swedish: Norrmark) is a former municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 6,158 (31 December 2009)[2] and covered an area of 332.06 square kilometres (128.21 sq mi) of which 15.2 km2 (5.9 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density was 19.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (50.3/sq mi).

Noormarkku is the birthplace of the Ahlstrom Corporation. Antti Ahlström invested in the entire development of Noormarkku, setting up one of Finland's first Finnish language schools and building a road network.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Noormarkku was annexed with the neighboring city of Pori on 1 January 2010.

A notable building is the Villa Mairea by architect Alvar Aalto designed as the private home for Maire and Harry Gullichsen.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2009". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 13 January 2010.

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