Nousiainen

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Nousiaists kunta
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Nousiainen Location of Nousiainen in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Varsinais-Suomi
Administrative community : Turku
Geographical location 60 ° 37 ′  N , 22 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 37 ′  N , 22 ° 8 ′  E
Surface: 199.45 km²
of which land area: 198.83 km²
of which inland waterways: 0.62 km²
Residents : 4,733 (Dec 31, 2018)
Population density : 23.8 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 538
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : nousiainen.fi

Nousiainen [ ˈnɔu̯siɑi̯nɛn ] ( Swedish Nousis ) is a municipality in southwest Finland . Nousiainen is located in the Varsinais-Suomi landscape around 20 km northwest of Turku . Many of the 4,733 residents (as of December 31, 2018) work in the nearby city. The place got its name (from the Finnish word for "lift") because of the strong land uplift , which is 1 cm per year in south-western Finland. Nousiainen used to belong to the offshore archipelago , but the land elevation made it part of the mainland.

The medieval stone church of Nousiainen is the burial place of St. Heinrich.

Nousiainen was after the crusade of the Swedish King Erik IX. Finland's first bishopric in 1154 . Heinrich von Uppsala , the Finnish national saint, worked in Nousiainen and was buried there after his death in 1155. The coat of arms of Nousiainen shows Heinrich on his bishopric and his murderer Lalli at his feet. In 1229, the bishopric was first moved to Koroinen and, at the turn of the century, a few kilometers further south to Turku.

In Nousiainen Church , a stone building from the early 15th century, you can see a 15th century sarcophagus , in which Henry of Uppsala rests, and a 17th century pulpit .

Villages

Aatola, Alakylä, Haatila, Hakola, Heininen, Hyrkkö, Järäinen, Kaisela, Kaitarinen, Kallunen, Keskusoja, Killainen, Koijola, Kulola, Kytöinen, Kärmälä, Kärrynen, Köönikkälä, Laaleinen, Laihonen, Leinainen, Nutturla, Moijummi Oja, Paijula, Paistanoja, Pakainen, Palo, Papumäki, Puotunen, Rekoinen, Repola, Riitalho, Ristimäki, Riukula, Saksala, Sontamala, Sukkinen, Tappuri, Topoinen, Vadanvainio, Vainionpohja, Vainoinen, Valpperi, Vastulahti

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018

Web links

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