Hartola
| Hartola | |||
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| — Municipality — | |||
| Hartolan kunta | |||
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| Coordinates: 61°35′N 026°01′E / 61.583°N 26.017°ECoordinates: 61°35′N 026°01′E / 61.583°N 26.017°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Päijänne Tavastia | ||
| Sub-region | Heinola sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1784 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Raija Peltonen | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 675.38 km2 (260.77 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 543.20 km2 (209.73 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 132.18 km2 (51.03 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 186th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2012-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 3,282 | ||
| • Rank | 239th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 6.04/km2 (15.6/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 98.8% (official) | ||
| • Swedish | 0.1% | ||
| • Others | 1.1% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 12.8% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 60.9% | ||
| • 65 or older | 26.3% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% | ||
| Website | www.hartola.fi | ||
Hartola is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of 3,282 (31 January 2012)[2] and covers an area of 675.38 square kilometres (260.77 sq mi) of which 132.18 km2 (51.03 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.6 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Gustav Adolfs" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Hartola" also in Swedish.[6] Hartola is home to the Itä-Hämeen Museo, the regional museum for seven municipalities.
Since 1987, the town has billed itself as a sovereign royal parish based upon a 1784 proclamation by King Gustav III of Sweden creating a new parish on the eastern border of his kingdom in honor of his son, Gustav Adolf.
[edit] Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Hartola:
- Centre Party 26.2%
- National Coalition Party 23.0%
- Social Democratic Party 18.5%
- True Finns 17.9%
- Christian Democrats 6.3%
- Left Alliance 5.0%
- Green League 1.6%
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Kuntien nimet
[edit] External links
Media related to Hartola at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Hartola – Official website
- Itä-Hämeen Museo
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