Alastaro

Alastaro
Former municipality
Alastaron kunta
Alastaro kommun
Alastaro Church
Alastaro Church
Coat of arms of Alastaro
Coat of arms
Location of Alastaro in Finland
Location of Alastaro in Finland
Coordinates: 60°57′15″N 022°51′50″E / 60.95417°N 22.86389°E / 60.95417; 22.86389
CountryFinland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionLoimaa sub-region
Consolidated2009
Area
[1]
 • Total
258.12 km2 (99.66 sq mi)
 • Land256.8 km2 (99.2 sq mi)
 • Water1.32 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2008-12-31)[2]
 • Total
2,910
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfc

Alastaro (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑlɑstɑro]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged into the town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009.

Alastaro is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,910 (31 December 2008) and covered an area of 258.12 km2 (99.66 sq mi) of which 1.32 km² is water. The population density was 11.33 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The Alastaro Circuit opened in 1990.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Aimo Allan Koivunen". www.sotapolku.fi. 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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