Oravais (Oravainen 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 2,212 (2003) and covers an area of 206.84 km² of which 4.53 km² is water. The population density is 10.9 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 bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.
A journey of exploration in Oravais broadens your knowledge of the common history of Finland and Sweden and the early industrialisation of Ostrobothnia.
On the 14th of September 1808, Russian troops and the Swedish army met in the battlefield of Oravais.
In summer, the regiment of Ostrobothnia drills in the battlefield of Oravais.
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