Närpes

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Närpes is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Template:Pct Finnish speakers, Template:Pct Swedish speakers, and Template:Pct speakers of other languages, which is well above the national average. Närpes has been a bilingual municipality since 2016. Before that, Närpes was the last unilingual Swedish-speaking municipality in mainland Finland.[2] Most residents speak a variant of Ostrobothnian Swedish which is known to be difficult to understand for other Swedish-speakers.

The most significant main roads in Närpes are Highway 8 between Turku and Vaasa, and Highway 67 between Kaskinen and Seinäjoki.

History

Närpes has a history that can be dated back to 1331, when Klas Bengtsson in "Nærpes" pawned goods to bishop Bengt in Turku.[3]

In 1348 king Magnus IV of Sweden declared "all who live in Nerpis socken, Mustasaari socken and Pedersöre socken" the right to buy and sell "all eatables".[4] Thus creating the first official marketplaces in Ostrobothnia.

Demographics

Population

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Languages

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The most common foreign languages are Vietnamese (10.2%), Bosnian (3.6%) and Ukrainian (1.8%).[5]

Närpes has the largest relative share of Vietnamese in Finland of any municipality.

Immigration

Population by country of birth (2024)[5]
Nationality Population %
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 7,433 77.8
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 866 9.1
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 256 2.7
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 194 2.0
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 126 1.3
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 116 1.2
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 114 1.2
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 70 0.7
Other 379 4.0

since 2024Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 2,197 persons with a foreign background living in Närpes, or 23% of the population.Template:Refn The number of residents who were born abroad was 2,121, or 22% of the population. The number of persons with foreign citizenship living in Närpes was 1,677. Most foreign-born citizens came from Vietnam, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia.[5]

International relations

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Twin towns — Sister cities

Närpes is twinned with:

Climate

Närpes has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc).

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See also

Notes

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References

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  2. ↑ Kunnan kaksikielisyys vaatii aikaa, työtä ja kompromisseja Yle.fi 25 April 2016, accessed 25 April 2016
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