Köyliö
Köyliö (Swedish Kjulo ) is a place and a former municipality in south-western Finland . It is located around 200 km northwest of the capital Helsinki in the Satakunta landscape . Köyliö is exclusively Finnish-speaking. The community was incorporated into Säkylä on January 1, 2016 . On September 30, 2014, it had 2663 inhabitants on an area of 246.08 km² (13.22 km² of which were inland waterways).
The main town of the former municipality is west of Lake Köyliönjärvi. According to legend, around 1165 the farmer Lalli killed Saint Henry of Uppsala , Finland's first bishop and later patron saint of the country, with an ax on the frozen lake . The miter of Heinrich and Lalli's ax adorn the former municipal coat of arms, and a statue of Lallis was erected in the community center. On the island of Kirkkokari in the north of the lake, where this murder is said to have taken place, the first church of the place was built, which was in use until the 15th century. Today the island is the only place of pilgrimage for the Roman Catholic Church in Finland.
The political municipality of Köyliö existed since 1870 and, in addition to the main town of Köyliö, included the villages of Ehtamo, Hankaankorpi, Huhti, Järvenpää, Kankaanpää, Karhia, Kepola, Köyliönsaari, Laheneenkylä, Pajula, Pehula, Puolimatka, Tuiskimaa, Vuusyliniemiinen, Tuiskula, Tuohiniem , Vuorenmaa and Yttilä.
Sons and daughters
- Petteri Orpo (* 1969), Finnish politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Köyliön ja Säkylän kuntaliitos uuden hallituksen ensimmäisiä päätöksiä . Retrieved April 24, 2015.
Coordinates: 61 ° 7 ' N , 22 ° 21' E