Luopioinen
Encyclopedia
Luopioinen is a former municipality of Finland
, situated about 60 kilometre from Tampere
. It is part of the Pirkanmaa
region
and in 2007 it was joined to the municipality of Pälkäne
. It is a rural town containing a few lakes, most famous being lake Kukkia
.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, situated about 60 kilometre from Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
. It is part of the Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa , or the Tampere Region , is a region of Finland. It borders on the regions of Satakunta, Tavastia Proper, Päijänne Tavastia, Southern Ostrobothnia and Central Finland....
region
Regions of Finland
Finland consists of 19 regions called in Finnish and in Swedish. The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition,...
and in 2007 it was joined to the municipality of Pälkäne
Pälkäne
Pälkäne is a municipality of Finland.Pälkäne is in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...
. It is a rural town containing a few lakes, most famous being lake Kukkia
Kukkia
Kukkia is a lake in Finland. It is a part of a chain of lakes that begins from the lakes Lummene, Vehkajärvi and Vesijako at the drainage divide between the Kokemäenjoki and Kymijoki basins and flows westwards from there through the Lake Kuohijärvi into Lake Kukkia. From Kukkia the chain of lakes...
.
Statistics
- Established in 1868
- Population 2,372 (as of December 31, 2003)
- Age distribution
- 0–14 yrs 14.9%
- 15–64 yrs 57.1%
- 65– yrs 28.0%
- Total area 391.8 km², of which 74.3 km² are lakes
- Income tax percentage 18.50%
- Unemployment rate 9.3% (as of 2002)