Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi (Swadish: Kyrkslätt) is a municipality o 36,965 inhabitants (31 Januar 2011).[2] in soothren Finland. The literal meanin o the wirds "Kirkkonummi" an "Kyrkslätt" in Scots is "kirk moor".
Kirkkonummi Kirkkonummi – Kyrkslätt | |
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Municipality | |
| Kirkkonummen kunta Kyrkslätts kommun | |
 Kirkkonummi kirk | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location o Kirkkonummi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°07′N 024°26′E / 60.117°N 24.433°ECoordinates: 60°07′N 024°26′E / 60.117°N 24.433°E | |
| Kintra |  Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region |
| Chairter | 1330 |
| Municipal manager | Tarmo Aarnio |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1017.01 km2 (392.67 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 366.10 km2 (141.35 sq mi) |
| • Water | 649.91 km2 (250.93 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 209t lairgest in Finland |
| Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 40,851 |
| • Rank | 27t lairgest in Finland |
| • Density | 111.58/km2 (289.0/sq mi) |
| Population bi native leid | |
| • Finnish | 77.9% (offeecial) |
| • Swadish | 18.5% (offeecial) |
| • Ithers | 3.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 tae 14 | 23.3% |
| • 15 tae 64 | 67% |
| • 65 or aulder | 9.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.kirkkonummi.fi |
The municipality is locatit juist ootside the Greater Helsinki aurie, borderin the ceety o Espoo in the east. Ither neighbourin municipalities are Vihti an Siuntio. The distance frae the municipal centre tae central Helsinki is some 30 kilometres (20 mi). Kirkkonummi an aw haes excellent train an bus connections tae ither pairts o the Greater Helsinki aurie, an mony o its inhabitants commute daily tae Helsinki.
The municipality covers an aurie o 1,016.01 square kilometres (392.28 sq mi) o which 649.91 km2 (250.93 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population density is 100.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (261.5 /sq mi). Ower the recent years, Kirkkonummi haes faced the heichest population growth rate in the kintra, ower 3% per annum.
Major population centres in Kirkkonummi include the municipal centre, Masala, Veikkola, Kantvik an the Upinniemi naval garrison aurie. In addition tae these, there are dozens o smawer veelages. Geographically, Kirkkonummi haes twa famous peninsulas, namely Porkkala an Upinniemi, the latter ane o which hooses a major Finnish naval base. Porkkala is an aw on ane o the main bird migration routes in the Baltic Sea region. Additionally, Kirkkonummi haes a lairge central plains aurie, through which a railwa goes frae Helsinki tae Turku as well as extensive lake auries, hintle o which are quite untouched wilderness.
Kirkkonummi haes been populatit frae the Stane Age tae the present day as evidenced bi the vera first Stane Age rock paintins foond in Finland that are locatit bi lake Vitträsk in the central lake region o Kirkkonummi. Incidentally, these paintins wur foond bi the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius hissel. The soothren hauf o the municipality wis leased tae the Soviet Union atween 1945 an 1956 for uise as a naval base as pairt o the peace settlement that endit the hostilities atween the Soviet Union an Finland durin Warld War II. Signs o this time include concrete bunkers, ither fortifications an the remains o an airbase.
Ither places o interest locatit in Kirkkonummi include the medieval stane kirk in the municipal centre, the widden kirk in the veelage o Haapajärvi as well as the Hvitträsk manor designed bi three o the maist famous Finnish airchitects iver – Eliel Saarinen, Herman Gesellius an Armas Lindgren.
References
eedit- ↑ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ a b "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.
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Media relatit tae Kirkkonummi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality o Kirkkonummi – offeecial wabsteid