Laihia
Information about Laihia
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Latitude 62.97°N, Longitude 22.02°E
Laihia is within the economical region of the neighbouring city Vaasa.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Only 52 persons spoke Swedish as a mother language. (2002). Most inhabitants speak a dialect typical of this region.
The municipal manager is Ms Hilkka Annola.
There are a total of 469 farms in the municipality.
People
In Finland, Laihians are renowned for their stinginess ("nuukuus" in Finnish) and there are hundreds of jokes told about them. However, Laihians are not usually offended by it. To the contrary, they are proud of their frugality. They even have a Museum of Stinginess. In any case, Laihia has high-level public services for education, health, sports, seniors etc.Famous people from Laihia
- Santeri Alkio, politician and journalist
- Toivo Kärki, musician
- Matti Vanhala, Bank of Finland Governor 1998 - 2004
- Keijo Suila, former CEO of Finnair
- Johan Laibecchius * Laihia 19.3.1658, vicar
- Kristian Chyraeus † Laihia 1687, vicar
- Samuel Backman † Laihia 3.4.1712, vicar
- Jonas Lagus † Laihia 22.4.1798, vicar and dean
External links
- Google Earth view
- Road map
- Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times
- Homepage: http://www.laihia.fi/
- Laihia Energy-saving Village, publication of European Commission
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Ostrobothnia is one of Finland's 20 regions (fi: maakunta/sv: landskap). It is located in Central Finland. It borders to the regions Central Ostrobothnia, Southern Ostrobothnia, and Satakunta.
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The 17 municipalities of the Ostrobothnia Region in Finland are divided into four sub-regions. Both their location and the dominant language imply these divisions; Kyrönmaa, for example, is Finnish-speaking, whereas the others have Swedish-speakers in the majority.
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City of Jakobstad
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Korsholm in Swedish or Mustasaari in Finnish is a municipality of Finland. The town of Vaasa was founded in Mustasaari parish in 1604 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city.
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