Hyvinkää
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 Finland
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| Landscape : | Uusimaa |
| Administrative community : | Helsinki |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 38 ′ N , 24 ° 52 ′ E |
| Surface: | 336.78 km² |
| of which land area: | 322.63 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 14.15 km² |
| Residents : | 46,504 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 144.1 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 106 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | www.hyvinkaa.fi |
Hyvinkää [ ˈhyviŋkæː ] ( Swedish Hyvinge ) is a city 59 km north of Helsinki in southern Finland with around 46,500 inhabitants. The town received its town charter in 1960.
Thanks to its train and motorway connections, Hyvinkää is one of the commuter centers in the capital region . Helsinki Central Station can be reached in 41 minutes on the local rail services in the Helsinki region , which run twice an hour .
Sights of the city include the church designed by Aarno Ruusuvuori and the Kytäjä estate. The Finnish Railway Museum is also located in Hyvinkää .
history
An inn had existed in the region between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna , now known as Hyvinkäänkylä , since the 16th century . Around the same time, some houses in this area were listed in the first tax registers.
In the second half of the 19th century, the village of Hyvinkää gradually grew, but it was not until the railway network was built in 1861 that a rapid growth phase heralded. The location of today's center of Hyvinkää was determined by the first Finnish railway line, the Helsinki – Hämeenlinna railway line . Hyvinkää station is one of the few original stations on this route that is still in use today.
From Hyvinkää there is a railway line to the port of Hanko . The Hanko – Hyvinkää railway , which was operated by the Hangon rautatie , was Finland's first private railway. It was founded in 1872 and acquired by the state railway in 1875 . At the beginning of the 20th century, Hyvinkää was a stopover for many emigrants who wanted to start a new life in North America by ship from Hanko . The Finnish Railway Museum (Suomen Rautatiemuseo) is located on the site of the former Hyvinkää station.
The air quality of Hyvinkää was considered to be particularly good because of the dense pine forests. In the 1880s, doctors from Helsinki opened a sanatorium.
In the course of industrialization, a wool factory, the Hyvinge Yllespinneri by Ossian Donner , was set up in 1892 . The factory was shut down in the 1990s. The former company halls are now used, among other things, as an exhibition center.
Hyvinkää Airfield served as the country's main airport for a short period after World War II, while Malmi Airport in Helsinki was under Allied control. Today there is a motor sports center near the airfield.
In February 1975 the first official world championships in ski orienteering took place in the area around Hyvinkää .
Two people were shot dead in a rampage on the night of May 25th, 2012.
Population development
The development of the population of Hyvinkää:
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People from Hyvinkää
- Esa Saarinen , philosopher
- Heikki Saari , Finnish musician
- Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946), painter
- Markku Uusipaavalniemi (* 1966), curler and politician
- Miikka Jäske (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Kalle Kiiskinen (* 1975), curler
- Jani Sullanmaa (* 1981), curler
- Peetu Piiroinen (* 1988), snowboarder
- Petja Piiroinen (* 1991), snowboarder
- Petteri Wirtanen (* 1986), ice hockey player
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
- ↑ Perpetrator arrested: Gunman (18) fires from the roof - two dead, seven injured! (Berliner Kurier from May 26, 2012)
- ↑ Statistics Finland, population figures 1980–2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
