Ulvila
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Ulvila (; ) 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. However, its town privileges were taken over by Pori in 1558. After 442 years, Ulvila regained town privileges in 2000.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ulvila
- Settlement.native_name
- Ulvsby
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- sv
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Church of Ulvila 2.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- St. Olaf's Church in Ulvila, one of the most significant medieval buildings in Finland
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ulvila.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Ulvila sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Ulvila in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Satakunta
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pori
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mikko Löfbacka
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter (as a town)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Ulvsby stad
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Pori sub-region
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 12533
- Area
- 21.69
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Sastamala
- Follows
- Kullaa
- Official website
- www.ulvila.fi
- Image
- Church of Ulvila.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ulvila
- topic's main category
- Category:Ulvila
- inception
- 1365-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Lihula Rural Municipality
- native label
- Ulvsby
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ulvila
- associated electoral district
- Satakunta
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Pori sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=886
- P12749
- Brassica rapa
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Politics
- Transport
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- Notable people from Ulvila
- See also
- References
- External links
Ulvila (; ) 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. 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 southeast of the city of Pori along Highway 2. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of , of which is water. The population density is .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ulvila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.