Järvenpää
Järvenpää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjærʋemˌpæː]; Swadish: Träskända) is a toun an municipality o Finland.
Järvenpää | |
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Municipality an toun | |
| Järvenpään kaupunki | |
 Sibeliuksenkatu (Sibelius' street) | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location o Järvenpää in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°28.5′N 025°05.5′E / 60.4750°N 25.0917°ECoordinates: 60°28.5′N 025°05.5′E / 60.4750°N 25.0917°E | |
| Kintra |  Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region |
| Chairter | 1951 |
| Ceety richts | 1967 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Toun manager | Erkki Kukkonen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 39.93 km2 (15.42 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 37.55 km2 (14.50 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.39 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 307t lairgest in Finland |
| Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 45,865 |
| • Rank | 25t lairgest in Finland |
| • Density | 1221.44/km2 (3,163.5/sq mi) |
| Population bi native leid | |
| • Finnish | 96.5% (offeecial) |
| • Swadish | 0.9% |
| • Ithers | 2.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 tae 14 | 18.4% |
| • 15 tae 64 | 70.6% |
| • 65 or aulder | 11% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.jarvenpaa.fi |
History eedit
Järvenpää wis separatit frae its parent community Tuusula in 1951. Järvenpää wis grantit the status o a mercat toun (kauppala) efter the separation. Neighbourin destricts Kellokoski an Nummenkylä wur no addit tae the municipality o Järvenpää an the controversy ower the issue still raises bluid pressur fifty years later. In the event, Kellokoski remained pairt o the municipality o Tuusula. Järvenpää wis grantit full legal toun (kaupunki) status in 1967.
Geography eedit
Järvenpää is locatit on the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway track, some 37 kilometre (23 mi) north o Helsinki. Neighbourin ceeties are Tuusula, Sipoo an Mäntsälä. Fowk an aw refer tae Kerava as Järvenpää's neighbour, even tho thay dae no technically share a border, thanks tae the ane kilometre-wide land aurie that belangs tae Tuusula.
Traffic eedit
The railwey goes throu the ceety centre. In addition tae the main railway station, thare are Kyrölä, Saunakallio, Haarajoki an Purola railway stations.
The trip tae Helsinki takes aboot hauf an oor, whether bi rail or road, an tae the airport o Helsinki-Vantaa aboot 20 minutes. Train connections tae the caipital are guid. Uusimaa's trains leave the main station twice an oor (xx:14 an xx:41), an frae ither stations ance an oor.[6]
Cultur eedit
Järvenpää is widely kent as the location o Ainola, the hame o the composer Jean Sibelius. It is steid aboot twa kilometers sooth o the ceety centre. The composer moved wi his faimily tae the cottage designed bi Lars Sonck on September 24, 1904, an he livit thare till his daith in 1957. Ainola is open for visitors in the simmer months as the "museum o Sibelius".
Juhani Aho muivit wi his wife Venny Soldan-Brofeldt tae Järvenpää in 1897. Thay livit for fowerteen years in a villa, cried Vårbacka, next tae the shore o Lake Tuusula. The villa wis later cried Ahola.
Events eedit
Events are held in the Järvenpää-talo (lit. Järvenpää-hoose) throughoot the year: concerts, theatre an airt-shows. The favorite-place o childer is Pikku-Aino's hame, whaur childer can play, mak shows an sae on.
Thare is a muisical event, which is arrangit ivery year, cried Puistoblues (lit. Pairk Blues). "Blues-week" stairts frae the "Blues street" o the ceety centre, an concerts an informal sessions are arrangit in bars an restaurants. The main concert is at the end o Blues-week, an is arrangit in Vanhankylänniemi on Seturday.
Neebourheids eedit
Järvenpää is dividit intae 25 neebourheids. The locations o individual neighbourhuids are shawn belaw.
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Internaitional relations eedit
Twin touns — Sister ceeties eedit
Järvenpää is twinned wi:
References eedit
- ↑ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Admeenistration o Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 Mey 2023.
- ↑ Railway timetables
Freemit airtins eedit
| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Järvenpää. |
- Toun o Järvenpää Archived 2006-05-02 at the Wayback Machine – Offeecial steid
- Puistoblues festival