Askola
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Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Askola (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈaskola]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number]. Neighbouring municipalities are Myrskylä, Mäntsälä, Pornainen, Porvoo and Pukkila.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Askola:
- True Finns 32.1%
- Centre Party 21.9%
- National Coalition Party 16.1%
- Social Democratic Party 14.8%
- Green League 5.4%
- Left Alliance 5.0%
- Christian Democrats 1.8%
- Swedish People's Party 1,6%
People born in Askola
- Juho Laakso (1854 – 1915)
- Erkki Peltonen (1861 – 1942)
- Johannes Linnankoski (1869 – 1913)
- Oskar Kumpu (1889 – 1935)
References
External links
Media related to Askola at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Askola – Official website