Huittinen
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| State : |
 Finland
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| Landscape : | Satakunta |
| Administrative community : | Pori |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 11 ′ N , 22 ° 42 ′ E |
| Surface: | 539.66 km² |
| of which land area: | 532.69 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 6.97 km² |
| Residents : | 10.091 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 18.9 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 102 |
| Postcodes : | 32610-32770 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | www.huittinen.fi |
Huittinen (Swedish Vittis ) is a town with 10,091 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) in southwestern Finland . It is about halfway between the cities of Tampere and Turku in the Satakunta landscape . Huittinen is exclusively Finnish-speaking.
history
Huittinen has existed as a political municipality since 1868, and has had city rights since 1977. The main town is the Lauttakylä settlement, the parish Huittinen and the towns Hannula, Hirvelä, Huittistenkylä, Huhtamo, Hurula, Kaharila, Kannila, Karhiniemi, Korkeakoski, Leppäkoski, Loima, Löysälä, Matikkala, Mauriala, Mommola, Naatula, Palojoki, Pöyriälä, Raijala, Raskala, Rieskala, Riesola, Sampu, Sorvola, Suttila and Suontausta.
The church in Huittinen dates from around 1500, but has been expanded several times since then. In 1860 the originally single-nave building was transformed into a cruciform church.
At the beginning of 2009, the neighboring community of Vampula was incorporated into Huittinen.
Transport and economy
Huittinen is important as a transport hub in south-west Finland; this is where the main roads from Helsinki to Pori and from Tampere to Rauma intersect .
Agriculture has traditionally been of great importance. Today 16% of the workforce still work in this sector, and the municipality has around 470 farms in total. The focus is on growing vegetables and fattening pigs. The food industry is also important, and metal and wood processing industries have also settled here.
photos
Huittinen city center
The Huittinen Church
Old wooden houses in Huittinen
sons and daughters of the town
Huittinen is known as the birthplace of Risto Ryti , the President of Finland in 1940-44. While Ryti's role in history remains controversial to this day , primarily because of the Ryti-Ribbentrop Treaty , the community proudly avows its best-known son. It was only through his self-sacrificing personal decision that Finland was able to free itself from the war , according to the municipality's official website. An exhibition is dedicated to Ryti's career.
- Risto Ryti (1889–1956), politician and prime minister
- Pirjo Hannele Aalto (* 1961), biathlete
- Antti Everi (* 1981), weightlifter
- Matti Oivanen (* 1986), volleyball player
- Mikko Oivanen (* 1986), volleyball player
- Markus Kankaanranta (* 1988), ice hockey player for the German top division Adendorfer EC
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ Helsingin Sanomat: Kuntaliitoksia syntyi kireissä tunnelmissa , December 17, 2007 (Finnish)
- ↑ "President Risto Ryti (1889 - 1956)" ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
