Ulvila
Template:Short description Template:DMCA
Page Module:Message box/ambox.css has no content.
Page Template:Hidden begin/styles.css has no content. You can help expand this article with text translated from [[:fi:Script error: No such module "WikidataIB".|the corresponding article]] in suomi. (June 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Infobox settlement/styles.css has no content.
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
Ulvila (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is one of the six medieval cities of Finland, as well as the third oldest city in the country. Ulvila was granted charter as a town by King Albert of Sweden on 7 February 1365.[1][2] However, its town privileges were taken over by Pori in 1558. After 442 years, Ulvila regained town privileges in 2000.
Ulvila is located in the region of Satakunta and the former province of Western Finland. The town is situated just 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southeast of the city of Pori along Highway 2. The municipality has a population of 12,339 (31 December 2025)[3] and covers an area of 422.51 square kilometres (163.13 sq mi), of which 21.82 km2 (8.42 sq mi) is water.[4] The population density is 30.78 inhabitants per square kilometre (79.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The medieval St. Olaf's Church is dedicated to St. Olaf, who also is portrayed in the arms of the municipality. The medieval fieldstone church, also known as Ulvila Church, is one of the best-preserved of its kind in Finland.
Politics
Results of the Finnish municipal elections 2021 in Ulvila:[5]
- Social Democratic Party 29.6%
- National Coalition Party 23.4%
- Centre Party 15.3%
- True Finns 14.5%
- Left Alliance 9.1%
- Christian Democrats 4.8%
- Green League 3.3%
Transport
Ulvila is served by OnniBus.com route Helsinki—Pori.
International relations
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".
Twin towns — Sister cities
Ulvila is twinned with:
- Template:Flagicon Ljusdal Municipality, Sweden
- Template:Flagicon Suure-Jaani, Estonia
Notable people from Ulvila
Page Module:Hatnote/styles.css has no content.
- Simo Frangén (born 1963) – television presenter and humorist
- Kaarlo Kangasniemi (born 1941) – weightlifter and sports personality
- Kauko Kangasniemi (1942–2013) – weightlifter
- Mauno Lindroos (born 1941) – weightlifter
- Patrik Raitanen (born 2001) – footballer
- Karl Reilin (1874–1962) – sports shooter
- Raili Riuttala (born 1933) – freestyle swimmer
- Sylvi Salonen (1920–2003) – actress
- Sofianna Sundelin (born 2003) – ice hockey player
- Kalle Varonen (born 1974) – freestyle swimmer
See also
- Finnish national road 2
- Finnish national road 11
- Kokemäki
- Kullaa
- Ulvila Old Town
- 2006 Ulvila homicide case
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Historia". Ulvila.fi (in suomi). Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Suomen kaupungit keskiajalla". Katajala.net (in suomi). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
population_countwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
total_areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kuntavaalit 2021" (in suomi). Oikeusministeriö. 22 June 2021. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
External links
Page Template:Sister-inline/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Sister project logo". Media related to Script error: No such module "Commons link". at Wikimedia Commons
Template:Geographic location Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Template:Medieval towns of Finland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/config' not found.
