Ulvila is a town and municipality of Finland

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...

. It is one of the six medieval cities of Finland. Its position as city was taken over by Pori

Pori

Pori is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river, which is the largest in Finland. Pori is the most important town in the Satakunta region....

 in the 16th century.

The name Ulvila comes from Ulvi, the Fennicised version of the personal name

Personal name

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 Ulf

Ulf

Ulf is a male name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" . The oldest written proof of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone from the 11th Century. The female form is Ylva...

, with the Finnish placename derivational marker -la/-lä. The Swedish name Ulvsby has a similar meaning of "Ulf's village". Both can be roughly Anglicised

Anglicisation

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 as "Ulfsville".

It is located in the province

Provinces of Finland

The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...

 of Western Finland

Western Finland

Western Finland was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2010. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland.- History :...

 and is part of the Satakunta

Satakunta (region)

Satakunta is a region of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Finland Proper, Pirkanmaa, Southern Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The main city of the region is Pori. The name of the region literally means Hundred...

 region

Regions of Finland

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. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density

Population density

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 is PD/km2.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish

Finnish language

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.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011

Finnish parliamentary election, 2011

An election to the Eduskunta was held on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2%....

 in Ulvila:

• True Finns
  True Finns
  True Finns or The Finns is a populist and nationalist political party in Finland, founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party. The head of the movement is Timo Soini. In the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election, The party won 19.1% of votes, becoming the third largest party...
  
    25.6%
• Social Democratic Party
  Social Democratic Party of Finland
  The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...
  
    21.9%
• National Coalition Party  19.4%
• Centre Party
  Centre Party (Finland)
  The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...
  
    13.5%
• Left Alliance
  Left Alliance (Finland)
  The Left Alliance is a left-wing political party in Finland. It was founded on the basis of the Finnish People's Democratic League and the Communist Party of Finland in 1990....
  
    11.9%
• Green League
  Green League
  The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....
  
    4.3%
• Christian Democrats
  Christian Democrats (Finland)
  The Christian Democrats is a Christian democratic political party in Finland. Formerly known as the Finnish Christian League , the Christian Democrats have six seats in the Finnish Parliament and one in the European Parliament.The party was founded in 1958, chiefly from the Christian faction of...
  
  3.1%

External links

• Town of Ulvila – Official website