Municipality in Uusimaa, Finland
Municipality in Uusimaa, Finland
Tuusula
(
Finnish:
[?tuːsul?]
;
Swedish
:
Tusby
[?t?ːsby]
) is a
municipality
in
Finland
, located in the southern interior of the country. Tuusula is situated in the centre of the
Uusimaa
region. The population of Tuusula is approximately 41,000. It is the 27th most populous
municipality
in Finland and the second most populous municipality without city status (
Finnish
:
kaupunki
) after
Nurmijarvi
. Tuusula is part of the
Helsinki metropolitan area
, which has approximately 1.58 million inhabitants.
A
laurel branch
in the
coat of arms
of Tuusula refers to the local artist community and a
wheellock
was borrowed from the coat of arms of the Stalhane noble family, which has long been influential in Tuusula. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson in 1953.
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Geography
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Tuusula, lying on the shores of
Tuusulanjarvi
lake, is located in the
province
of
Southern Finland
and is part of the
Uusimaa
region
. It covers an area of 225.45 square kilometres (87.05 sq mi) of
which 5.95 km
2
(2.30 sq mi)
is water.
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The
population density
is
188.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (488/sq mi).
Tuusula has three population centres. The administrative centre is
Hyryla
(about 19,500 residents), other two are
Jokela
(5,300 residents) and
Kellokoski
(4,300 residents). The remaining 4,400 residents are distributed to the rural areas outside of municipal centres.
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The most significant main road connection between Hyryla and Helsinki is the
Tuusulanvayla
motorway
.
The neighbouring communes are
Vantaa
to the south,
Nurmijarvi
to the west,
Hyvinkaa
to the north,
Mantsala
and
Jarvenpaa
to the north east, and
Sipoo
and
Kerava
to the east.
Villages
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Apartment buildings along the Asemanraitti street in
Jokela
Huikko
,
Hyryla
,
Jokela
,
Janiksenlinna
,
Kellokoski
,
Lahela
,
Myllykyla
,
Nahkela
,
Paijala
,
Riihikallio
,
Ruotsinkyla
,
Ruskela
,
Rusutjarvi
,
Savikulma
,
Siippoo
,
Vanhakyla
History
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The area in what is now Tuusula was located in the larger municipality of
Sipoo
. In 1643, it became a separate parish in the municipality, and in 1653, it became a separate municipality. Tuusula's boundaries have not always remained the same: in 1924 the municipality of
Kerava
split from here; in 1950 the municipality of
Korso
was split between Tuusula, Kerava, and Sipoo; and in 1951 the municipality of
Jarvenpaa
split from here.
During the
Crimean War
(1853?1856), a Russian garrison was stationed in what is now Hyryla. The modern parish mostly developed around it.
The area had always been a fairly fertile area, thus encouraging farming. The development of other industries began in 1795, when an
ironworks
was created in Kellokoski that functioned until the 1980s. The establishment of a railway in Jokela furthered the growth.
Soon after this industrial time another aspect of Tuusulan history was realised. The Tuusulanjarvi lake attracted many artists who wanted to paint the beautiful landscape. Following the footsteps of
Aleksis Kivi
, the Finnish national poet who spent the last years of his life in a hut on the shores of the lake,
Jean Sibelius
,
Juhani Aho
, and
Pekka Halonen
even established their main residences here. Recently these houses have become tourist sites, especially Sibelius' house
Ainola
. Also, Tuusula Lake Road on the eastern shore of the lake is an outside museum.
The
Jokela rail crash
was a rail crash which occurred on 21 April 1996 here.
Jokela High School
was the site of the
Jokela school shooting
, a school shooting which occurred on 7 November 2007, leaving 9 dead (including the 18-year-old perpetrator,
Pekka-Eric Auvinen
).
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Notable people
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Demographics
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Tuusula, in the Helsinki suburbs, has been in a positive balance of population, with it more than doubling in size since 1970.
The municipality is officially
Finnish
. Swedish was the second official language until 1943. Today only 2% are Swedish-speaking.
Population in:
- 1970 ? 17.235
- 1980 ? 22.151
- 1987 ? 26.234
- 1990 ? 27.328
- 1997 ? 29.957
- 2000 ? 31.957
- 2007 ? 34.890
Politics
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Parliamentary elections
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Results
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of the
2019 Finnish parliamentary election
in Tuusula:
Municipal Council
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Twin towns ? Sister cities
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Tuusula is
twinned
with:
Economy and Infrastructure
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Economy
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Due its proximity to the Helsinki, Tuusula is, for the most part, a commuter town. Tuusula itself has around 10,000 jobs. 66% of the jobs are in the service sector, 31% in the workforce, and 1.5% are farmers. The unemployment rate amounted to 3% (2007), far below the national average.
Transportation
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From the centre of Tuusula, Hyryla, there are good bus connections to Helsinki, via the
Tuusula motorway
. There are also two train stations in the
main railway line
of Finland,
Jokela
and
Nuppulinna
. Nuppulinna, however, was discontinued in 2016.
Education
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Tuusula's network of schools include:
- 18 primary schools
- 4 secondary schools
- 3 high schools
- 1 hospital school
See also
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References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Tuusula
.
Places adjacent to Tuusula
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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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