The new City of Seinäjoki 1.1.2009
The City of Seinäjoki and the Municipalities of Nurmo and Ylistaro were merged into one, the City of Seinäjoki on 1 January 2009. As a result, the new Seinäjoki has:
- 56.347 inhabitants
- approx. 2.500 employees
- surface area 1.468 km2
- 90 km from the north to the south (as the crow flies)
- income tax rate 19,00 (estimated)
Administration
- 51 council members are elected to the City Council
- the City Board has 13 members
- there is a personnel section (6 members) and a city planning section (6 members) in the City Board
- the boards has 13 members
- the arranging committee dealt with the city matters until the municipal election in 2008




