Ylihärmä
Former municipality in South Ostrobothnia, Finland
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Ylihärmä is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Alahärmä and Kortesjärvi, to Kauhava on 1 January 2009.
Ylihärmä | |
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Former municipality | |
| Ylihärmän kunta Ylihärmä kommun | |
Ylihärmä Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ylihärmä in Finland | |
 Interactive map of Ylihärmä | |
| Coordinates: 63°08.5′N 022°47.5′E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | South Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Härmänmaa sub-region |
| Founded | 1868 |
| Consolidated | 2009 |
| Area | |
• Total | 152.17 km2 (58.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 151.7 km2 (58.6 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.47 km2 (0.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,916 |
| • Density | 19.22/km2 (49.79/sq mi) |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 18.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 59.8% |
| • 65 or older | 22.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the South Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,916 (as of 31 December 2008)[2] and covered a land area of 151.70 square kilometres (58.57 sq mi).[1] The population density was 19.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.8/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
