Vörå
Vörå
Vörå – Vöyri | |
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Municipality | |
| Vörå kommun Vöyrin kunta | |
Vörå as seen from a ski jumping tower | |
Location of Vörå in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°08′N 022°15′E / 63.133°N 22.250°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Vaasa |
| Founded (parish) | 1516 |
| Charter | 1868 (Vörå) |
| Re-established | 2007 (Vörå-Maxmo) |
| Re-established | 2011 (Vörå) |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Jan Finne |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 1,499.91 km2 (579.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 782.13 km2 (301.98 sq mi) |
| • Water | 718.6 km2 (277.5 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 107th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-03-31) | |
• Total | 6,228 |
| • Rank | 149th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 7.96/km2 (20.6/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 81.5% (official) |
| • Finnish | 11.8% (official) |
| • Others | 6.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.vora.fi |
Vörå (Finland Swedish: [ˈvœːro] ⓘ; Finnish: Vöyri; Finnish: [ˈʋøy̯ri]) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Vörå is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Vaasa and about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southwest of Kokkola. The population of Vörå is approximately 6,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 111,000. It is the 149th most populous municipality in Finland.
Vörå is a bilingual municipality with Swedish and Finnish as its official languages. The population consists of 12% Finnish speakers, 82% Swedish speakers, and 7% speakers of other languages.