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Janakkala

Coordinates: 60°55′N 024°39′E / 60.917°N 24.650°E / 60.917; 24.650
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Janakkala
Municipality
Janakkalan kunta
Janakkala kommun
Church of Saint Lawrence in Janakkala
Church of Saint Lawrence in Janakkala
Coat of arms of Janakkala
Coat of arms
Location of Janakkala in Finland
Location of Janakkala in Finland
Coordinates: 60°55′N 024°39′E / 60.917°N 24.650°E / 60.917; 24.650
Country Finland
RegionTavastia Proper
Sub-regionHämeenlinna sub-region
Charter1866
SeatTurenki
Government
 • Municipality managerReijo Siltala (– 2024)
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
586.07 km2 (226.28 sq mi)
 • Land547.41 km2 (211.36 sq mi)
 • Water38.63 km2 (14.92 sq mi)
 • Rank156th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-10-31)[2]
 • Total
16,029
 • Rank69th largest in Finland
 • Density29.28/km2 (75.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 • Finnish95.8% (official)
 • Swedish0.4%
 • Others3.8%
Population by age
[3]
 • 0 to 1416.2%
 • 15 to 6459%
 • 65 or older24.8%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.janakkala.fi/en/

Janakkala (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjɑnɑˌkːɑlɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. Its administrative centre is in Turenki. Janakkala is located along Highway 3 (E12) in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. To the south Janakkala shares a boundary with Riihimäki, the northern neighbour being Hämeenlinna. It is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Turenki to Hämeenlinna, 94 kilometres (58 mi) to Tampere, and 96 kilometres (60 mi) to Helsinki.

The municipality has a population of 16,029 (31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 586.07 square kilometres (226.28 sq mi) of which 38.63 km2 (14.92 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 29.28 inhabitants per square kilometre (75.8/sq mi). In Janakkala the rate of unemployment is 9.7% and the rate of municipal taxes is [4]%.[4][when?] The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable sites

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Janakkala Library in Turenki

The Puuhamaa amusement park is in Tervakoski.[5] The Hakoinen fortress is in Janakkala village.

Notable people

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Actress Ida Aalberg was born in 1857 in Leppäkoski village in Janakkala.

Heraldry

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The coat of arms of Janakkala, a head of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), the regional animal of Tavastia Proper, describes Janakkala's location in the heart of Tavastia. An aisle line of partition is a reference to Hakoinen Castle into the mountain, and the upper two arrows encircling the cross, symbol of Christianity, the image of the Crusades battles.[6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Puuhamaa avataan tänään, vesipuisto vasta kesäkuussa". Hämeen Sanomat (in Finnish). 26 May 2006. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  6. ^ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
  7. ^ "Kuntaesittely" (in Finnish). Municipality of Janakkala. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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