Närpes (Närpiö in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothniaregion. The municipality has a population of 9,575 (2003) and covers an area of 977.70 km² of which 7.55 km² is water. The population density is 9.9 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Ostrobothnia is one of Finlands 20 regions (fi: maakunta/sv: landskap). ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The municipality is unilingually Swedish, although their Swedish dialect has been isolated from the mainstream Swedish and is hard to understand for a standard Swedish speaker.
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