Place:Närpiö, Vaasa, Finland

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NameNärpiö
Alt namesNärpes
Närpessource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Närpiösource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Närpiösource: Wikipedia
Narpio
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates62.466184°N 21.359224°E
Located inVaasa, Finland
Also located inPohjanmaa, Länsi-Suomi, Finland    
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Närpes is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is . Economically, the municipality is known for extensive greenhouse farming of tomatoes and manufacture of trailers for trucks.

Närpes has been a bilingual municipality since 2016. Before that, Närpes was the last unilingually Swedish-speaking municipality in continental Finland. Most locals speak a divergent variety of Ostrobothnian Swedish. The bands who sing in that dialect include 1G3B and Nektor.

The most significant main roads in Närpes are Highway 8 between Turku and Vaasa, and Highway 67 between Kaskinen and Seinäjoki.

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The FHLC shows many records associated with Narpio, which is a much smaller place located a little north of Narpes, i.e., 62.483418 Lat. and 21.363314 Long.

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