Oripää


Oripää is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
An agricultural show OKRA is held in Oripää every two years.

History

Oripää is named after a nearby hill, Orivuori, which may also have been called Oripää at some point. As a village, Oripää is first mentioned in 1421. It was a part of the Pöytyä parish, but administratively a part of the Kumogård castle fief, i.e. Satakunta. In the 15th century, the bishop of Turku had five leasehold farms in the village.
Oripää gained chapel rights in 1778 and became an independent parish in 1901.