Municipality in Uusimaa, Finland
This article is about the municipality. For the village that is its administrative center, see
Mantsala (village)
.
Municipality in Uusimaa, Finland
Mantsala
(
Finnish pronunciation:
[?mæntsælæ]
) is a
municipality
in the
province
of
Southern Finland
, and is part of the
Uusimaa
region
. It has a population of 20,957
(31 December 2023)
[2]
and covers an area of 596.11 square kilometres (230.16 sq mi) of
which 15.26 km
2
(5.89 sq mi)
is water.
[1]
The
population density
is
36.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (93.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually
Finnish
. Mantsala is one of three municipalities in the
Uusimaa
region that do not have a Swedish name; the others are
Nurmijarvi
and
Askola
.
Mantsala lies about 60 kilometres (40 mi) north of
Helsinki
, the capital of Finland. During the last few years, the population of Mantsala has been one of the most rapidly increasing in Finland. A new railway, the
Kerava?Lahti railway line
, was built between
Kerava
and
Lahti
with passenger traffic starting on 4 September 2006 from
Mantsala railway station
. Helsinki is about 40 minutes away, and Lahti even closer.
Highway 4
(
E75
) connecting both cities passes through Mantsala.
The
coat of arms
of Mantsala has its theme in the region's traditional livelihoods; the head of the
moose
refers to the
hunting lands
of the region, and the
clovers
symbolizes local
agriculture
. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson and approved by the Mantsala Municipal Council on 16 December 1950. The coat of arms was officially approved by the
Ministry of the Interior
on 20 February 1951.
[5]
[6]
History
[
edit
]
Mantsala is considered to have been founded in 1585, when the community's first church was built. The current church was completed in 1866 after delay. The
Crimean War
affected also Mantsala: funds for building the church were spent on war efforts. All of the churches were located on Kirkonmaki ("Church Hill") at about the same spot.
[
citation needed
]
The first common school was founded in 1870 by way of a testament of clergyman
Abraham Ehnroos
. To his credit is the founding of a public library already in 1840. An intermediate school was not founded until 1945 with a high school following in 1954, previously facilities in
Porvoo
,
Jarvenpaa
and Helsinki were used.
[
citation needed
]
In 1854 the first town hall was built on Kirkonmaki. Today a museum is operating in the building, having also served as a morgue, school kitchen and lesson space, and a dormitory. It is deteriorating severely and the museum is only opened upon request.
The second town hall was built in 1935, also on Kirkonmaki. It served until the completion of the present town hall in 1992. Now it houses an open college.
[
citation needed
]
There is a total of 15 manors in Mantsala, 4 of which are open to the public, the rest being private residences. Russian czar
Alexander I
visited as guest of Ulla Mollersvard in 1809 in the Mantsala manor lying in the
town center
. The manors emerged in the 17th century as noblemen feoffs. Traditionally the land belonged to the manors. There were many
crofts
in Mantsala and new legislation in 1918 enabled the crofters to claim the land for themselves. In the 1920s the manors were still a sizable land owner in the parish.
[
citation needed
]
Mantsala is especially known for the
Mantsala rebellion
. About 400 civil guards went shooting to a Social Democratic party rally at Ohkola community hall, interrupting it. In the course of a few days leaders of
Lapua Movement
and armed civil guards from all over the country arrived to Mantsala. The government ordered them arrested, and after a speech by president
Svinhufvud
on 2 March the situation gradually settled down. The movement disbanded early in spring.
[
citation needed
]
World War II
brought about 2000 refugees evacuated from Karelia to Mantsala. They came mainly from
Kirvu
and
Koivisto
. Land was cut from the manors again for the arrivals, reducing manor estate considerably. In 1985 a museum about the Kirvu parish was opened next to the church in the city center.
[
citation needed
]
In 1992 an apartment trade fair was held in Mantsala. The area is being expanded and since 2006, a train depot lies next to it.
A
discount chain
Tokmanni
's head office,
logistics center
and warehouse, founded in 1989, are in Mantsala.
[7]
Also,
Yandex
built one of its
data centers
in Mantsala in 2015,
[
citation needed
]
with a second data center expected to be built in 2020 by
Lehto
.
[8]
Demographics
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edit
]
The population of Mantsala has stayed quite level for decades, but the building of a motorway up to Jarvenpaa in the 1970s and the extension to Lahti in 1999 have brought new residents from the metropolitan area. By the middle of the 2000s the new railroad to Lahti has been central in municipality population growth. Many people moved to Mantsala because of the railroad, that offered quick commuting to Helsinki.
- 1749: 1,492 (unconfirmed)
- 1898: 7,972 (unconfirmed)
- 1920: 7,666
- 1930: 7,844
- 1940: 7,739
- 1950: 11,072
- 1960: 10,932
- 1970: 10,166
- 1980: 11,267
- 1990: 14,793
- 2000: 16,628
- 2005: 18,226
- 2007: 18,980
- 2010: 19 975
- 2012: 20 478
Urban areas
[
edit
]
Table of the all statistical urban areas of the municipality. The
administrative centre
is in bold.
The Helsinki urban area, marked with an asterisk (*), belongs to this municipality only partially, as it extends not only to Mantsala but also to the area of several neighboring municipalities of Helsinki.
[9]
Politics
[
edit
]
Results
[11]
of the
2019 Finnish parliamentary election
in Mantsala:
Notable people
[
edit
]
Adolf Erik Nordenskiold
is considered to be originally from Mantsala, having spent his early youth on the family estate in the
Numminen village
,
[12]
although he was born in Helsinki and lived also in Sweden. Nordenskiold was a nineteenth-century geologist and Arctic explorer.
Others include member of
Lordi
-band
Jussi Sydanmaa
alias "Amen", and former defence minister
Elisabeth Rehn
in her youth. Former prime minister
Antti Rinne
also lives in Mantsala.
[13]
See also
[
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]
References
[
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]
External links
[
edit
]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Mantsala
.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for
Mantsala
.
Places adjacent to Mantsala
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1.
| Helsinki
| 674,500
| 2.
| Espoo
| 314,024
| 3.
| Tampere
| 255,050
| 4.
| Vantaa
| 247,443
| 5.
| Oulu
| 214,633
| 6.
| Turku
| 201,863
| 7.
| Jyvaskyla
| 147,746
| 8.
| Kuopio
| 124,021
| 9.
| Lahti
| 120,693
| 10.
| Pori
| 83,106
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11.
| Kouvola
| 78,880
| 12.
| Joensuu
| 78,062
| 13.
| Lappeenranta
| 72,988
| 14.
| Vaasa
| 68,956
| 15.
| Hameenlinna
| 68,319
| 16.
| Seinajoki
| 66,160
| 17.
| Rovaniemi
| 65,286
| 18.
| Mikkeli
| 51,919
| 19.
| Porvoo
| 51,289
| 20.
| Salo
| 51,100
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21.
| Kotka
| 50,500
| 22.
| Kokkola
| 48,295
| 23.
| Hyvinkaa
| 46,901
| 24.
| Jarvenpaa
| 46,490
| 25.
| Lohja
| 45,645
| 26.
| Nurmijarvi
| 44,785
| 27.
| Tuusula
| 41,338
| 28.
| Kirkkonummi
| 41,154
| 29.
| Rauma
| 38,832
| 30.
| Kerava
| 38,211
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31.
| Kajaani
| 36,513
| 32.
| Kaarina
| 36,339
| 33.
| Nokia
| 35,647
| 34.
| Ylojarvi
| 33,677
| 35.
| Kangasala
| 33,473
| 36.
| Savonlinna
| 31,843
| 37.
| Vihti
| 28,811
| 38.
| Riihimaki
| 28,483
| 39.
| Raseborg
| 27,209
| 40.
| Raisio
| 25,331
|
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41.
| Imatra
| 24,919
| 42.
| Lempaala
| 24,711
| 43.
| Raahe
| 23,797
| 44.
| Sastamala
| 23,515
| 45.
| Hollola
| 22,885
| 46.
| Sipoo
| 22,595
| 47.
| Siilinjarvi
| 21,290
| 48.
| Tornio
| 21,018
| 49.
| Mantsala
| 20,957
| 50.
| Pirkkala
| 20,763
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