Yläne () is a former municipality of

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. It was consolidated to

Pöytyä Pöytyä (; , also ) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. ...

on 1 January 2009. It is located in the

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and is part of the

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Tu ...

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. The municipality had a population of 2,119 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 364.76km² of which 21.99km² is water. The

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was 6.18 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

History

Yläne manor was the prime residence of Filippa Fleming (d. 1578) who broke with legal protocol by leaving it in her will to

John III of Sweden John III (; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death. He attained the Swedish throne after a rebellion against his half-brother Erik XIV. He is mainly remembered for his attempts to close the gap bet ...

rather than her brother Klas Fleming.

References

External links

Pöytyä
– Official website Former municipalities of Finland Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub