Vörå (; fi, Vöyri) is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
. In 2011, it was created from the municipalities of
Vörå-Maxmo and
Oravais.
Vörå-Maxmo was created in 2007 from the municipalities of (old) Vörå and
Maxmo. It is located in the
province
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of
Western Finland
Western Finland ( fi, Länsi-Suomen lääni, sv, Västra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. ...
and is part of the
Ostrobothnia region
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.
The municipality is bilingual, with the majority () speaking
Swedish and the minority ()
Finnish.
As of 2014, primary industries in Vörå employ "15.5 per cent of the population, 32.9 per cent of people work in the industrial sector, and 50.3 per cent of people work in the service sector."
The
Battle of Oravais during the Finnish War (1808-1809) took place in Vörå.
Old Vörå
The former municipality had a population of 3,524 (2003) and covered an area of of which is water. The population density was 8.3 inhabitants per km
2. The majority were speakers of
Swedish (85%) and the minority speakers of
Finnish (14%).
References
External links
Municipality of Vörå– Official website
Populated places established in 2011
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