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Alavus

town in the region of South Ostrobothnia in Finland
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Alavus

Summary

Alavus is a municipality of Finland[1]. Alavus draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_finland category, ranking #40 of 319).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alavus is located in South Ostrobothnia[3].
  • Alavus is in the country of Finland[4].
  • Alavus's instance of is recorded as municipality of Finland[5].
  • Alavus's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Alavus's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Alavus's official language is recorded as Finnish[8].
  • Alavus's shares border with is recorded as Alajärvi[9].
  • Alavus's shares border with is recorded as Kuortane[10].
  • Alavus's shares border with is recorded as Seinäjoki[11].
  • Alavus's shares border with is recorded as Virrat[12].
  • Alavus's shares border with is recorded as Ähtäri[13].
  • Alavus followed Töysä[14].
  • Alavus's legislative body is recorded as Alavus City Council[15].
  • Alavus's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Alavus[16].
  • Alavus's Commons category is recorded as Alavus[17].
  • Alavus's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[18].
  • Alavus's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[19].
  • 1865 marks the founding of Alavus[20].
  • Alavus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 62.58611111111111, 'lon': 23.619444444444444}[21].
  • Alavus's official website is recorded as https://www.alavus.fi/[22].
  • Alavus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alavus[23].
  • Alavus has a population of {'amount': '+12044'}[24].
  • Alavus has a population of {'amount': '+9247'}[25].
  • Alavus has a population of {'amount': '+10009'}[26].
  • Alavus has a population of {'amount': '+9930'}[27].

Body

Founding

1865 marks the founding of Alavus[20].

Identity

Alavus's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Alavuden kaupunki'}[28]. Alavus followed Töysä[14].

Why It Matters

Alavus draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_finland category, ranking #40 of 319).[2] Alavus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Alavus is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

city Finland Govdirectory Seinäjoki

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . The correspondence table between municipalities and language distribution in 2024. stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Population structure. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coat of arms → coat of arms of Alavus
    Instance of → municipality of Finland, town, köping +1
    Follows → —
    Instance of → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 94086, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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