Joroinen Joroinen – Jorois |
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Municipality | ||
Joroisten kunta Jorois kommun |
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Joroinen church
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Location of Joroinen in Finland |
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Coordinates: 62°11′N 027°50′E / 62.183°N 27.833°ECoordinates: 62°11′N 027°50′E / 62.183°N 27.833°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Southern Savonia | |
Sub-region | Pieksämäki sub-region | |
Charter | 1631 | |
Government | ||
• Municipality manager | Joonas Hänninen | |
Area (2016-01-01) | ||
• Total | 575.13 km2 (222.06 sq mi) | |
• Land | 575.43 km2 (222.17 sq mi) | |
• Water | 136.3 km2 (52.6 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 148th largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31) | ||
• Total | 5,117 | |
• Rank | 177th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 8.89/km2 (23.0/sq mi) | |
Population by native language | ||
• Finnish | 98.2% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.4% | |
• Others | 1.5% | |
Population by age | ||
• 0 to 14 | 15.6% | |
• 15 to 64 | 64.3% | |
• 65 or older | 20.1% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate | 19.25% | |
Website | www.joroinen.fi |
Joroinen (Swedish: Jorois) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 5,117 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 575.13 square kilometres (222.06 sq mi) of which 136.3 km2 (52.6 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (23.0/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Juva, Leppävirta, Pieksämäki, Rantasalmi and Varkaus.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Varkaus Airport is located in Joroinen.