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 9,570 and covers an area of 2,334.14 square kilometres of which 1,357 km2 is water. The population density is 9.79 inhabitants per square kilometre. 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.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Närpes
Coordinates 62°28'40.712" N 21°20'12.034" E
