Noormarkku

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Noormarkku
Former municipality
Noormarkun kunta Norrmarks kommun
Noormarkunjoki towards north from the railway bridge
Coat of arms
Location of Noormarkku in Finland
Coordinates: 61°35.5′N 021°52′E / 61.5917°N 21.867°E / 61.5917; 21.867
Country	Finland
Region	Satakunta
Sub-region	Pori sub-region
Consolidated	2010
Government
• Municipal manager	Risto Peevo
Area [1]
• Total	332.06 km2 (128.21 sq mi)
• Land	316.86 km2 (122.34 sq mi)
• Water	15.2 km2 (5.9 sq mi)
Population  (2009-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,158
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.noormarkku.fi

Noormarkku (Swedish: Norrmark) is a former municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 6,158 (31 December 2009)^[2] and covered an area of 332.06 square kilometres (128.21 sq mi) of which 15.2 km² (5.9 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density was 19.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (50.3/sq mi).

Noormarkku is the birthplace of the Ahlstrom Corporation. Antti Ahlström invested in the entire development of Noormarkku, setting up one of Finland's first Finnish language schools and building a road network.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Noormarkku was annexed with the neighboring city of Pori on 1 January 2010.

A notable building is the Villa Mairea by architect Alvar Aalto designed as the private home for Maire and Harry Gullichsen.

Media related to Noormarkku at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Noormarkku – Official website (in Finnish)

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