Vörå is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages.

In 2011, Vörå was formed by merging the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais.

[6] Vörå-Maxmo, in turn, was established in 2007 by merging the municipalities of (old) Vörå and Maxmo.

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

[7] The former municipality had a population of 3,524 (2003) and covered an area of 427.50 square kilometres (165.06 sq mi) of which 2.38 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi) is water.