- Laihia
Laihia ("Laihela" in Swedish) is a municipality of
Finland , founded in1576 through a separation fromIsokyrö andKorsholm .It is located in the province ofWestern Finland and is a part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 7,567 (2005 ) and covers an area of 509 km² of which 2.1 km² is water. Thepopulation density is 14.7 inhabitants per km². Laihia consists of 37 villages.Laihia is within the economical region of the neighbouring city
Vaasa .The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Only 52 persons spoke Swedish as a mother language. (
2002 ). Most inhabitants speak a dialect typical of this region.The municipal manager is Ms Hilkka Annola.
There are a total of 469 farms in the municipality.
People
In Finland, Laihians are renowned for their stinginess ("nuukuus" in Finnish) and there are hundreds of jokes told about them. However, Laihians are not usually offended by it. To the contrary, they are proud of their frugality. They even have a [http://lasso.greenspot.fi/museoliitto/lasso/tuloksetaakkos.lasso?id=12604186&lang=en Museum of Stinginess.] In any case, Laihia has high-level public services for education, health, sports, seniors etc.
Famous people from Laihia
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Santeri Alkio , politician and journalist
* Toivo Kärki, musician
* Matti Vanhala,Bank of Finland Governor1998 -2004
* Keijo Suila, former CEO ofFinnair
* crosby, EC player
* [http://matrikkeli.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=2380 Johan Laibecchius] * Laihia 19.3.1658 , vicar
* [http://matrikkeli.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=395 Kristian Chyraeus] † Laihia1687 , vicar
* [http://matrikkeli.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=1681 Samuel Backman] † Laihia 3.4.1712 , vicar
* [http://matrikkeli.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=7956 Jonas Lagus] † Laihia 22.4.1798 , vicar and deanExternal links
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=laihia,finland&ll=62.975042,22.035999&spn=0.080183,0.366669&t=k Google Earth view]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=FI&addtohistory=&city=laihia Road map]
* [http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/laihia.html Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times]
* Homepage: http://www.laihia.fi/
* [http://www.cenerg.ensmp.fr/francais/themes/cycle/pdf/regener1.pdf Laihia Energy-saving Village] , publication of European Commission
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