Vörå

Vörå (Vöyri) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Vörå is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Vörå is approximately 0, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 0. It is the most populous municipality in Finland.

Vörå is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of NaN Finnish speakers, NaN Swedish speakers, and NaN speakers of other languages.

In 2011, Vörå was formed by merging the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais. Vörå-Maxmo, in turn, was established in 2007 by merging the municipalities of (old) Vörå and Maxmo.

As of 2014, primary industries in Vörå employ "15.5 per cent of the population, 32.9 per cent of people work in the industrial sector, and 50.3 per cent of people work in the service sector."

The Battle of Oravais during the Finnish War (1808-1809) took place in Vörå.

Education: In 2024, the municipality's Finnish-speaking school will get disestablished.

Old Vörå


The former municipality had a population of 3,524 (2003) and covered an area of 427.50 km2 of which 2.38 km2 is water. The population density was 8.3 inhabitants per km2. The majority were speakers of Swedish (85%) and the minority speakers of Finnish (14%).