Orimattila
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| State : |
 Finland
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| Landscape : | Päijät-Häme |
| Administrative community : | Lahti |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 48 ′ N , 25 ° 45 ′ E |
| Surface: | 616.97 km² |
| of which land area: | 608.47 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 8.50 km² |
| Residents : | 16.091 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 26.4 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 560 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | www.orimattila.fi |
Orimattila [ ˈoriˌmɑttilɑ ] is a city in southern Finland. It is located around 20 kilometers south of the city of Lahti and around 93 km northeast of the Finnish capital Helsinki in the Päijät-Häme region .
City structure
In addition to the main town Orimattila, the city includes the villages Heinämaa, Henna, Karkkula, Keituri, Kuivanto, Leitsamaa, Luhtikylä, Mallusjoki, Niinikoski, Pakaa, Pennala, Tietävälä, Tönnö, Virenoja and Viljamaa. With the merger with the municipality of Artjärvi in January 2011, Artjärvi, Hietana, Kinttula, Ratula, Salmela, Villikkala and a few other scattered small settlements were added.
history
In Orimattila, on the upper reaches of the Porvoonjoki River, the oldest traces of human settlement on Finnish soil were found; Remains of a fireplace were dated to 8700 BC. Dated. Orimattila has existed as an administrative body since 1636, when it was separated from the municipality of Hollola as an independent parish by a decree of the Swedish Queen Christina . Orimattila was established as a political municipality in its current form in 1865, and has had city rights since 1992. The rural community grew rapidly, especially after 1945, when many refugees from Karelia, which had ceded to the Soviet Union , were settled here. On January 1, 2011 Orimattila merged with the neighboring municipality of Artjärvi .
Attractions
- The granite stone cruciform church, built between 1862 and 1866.
- Local history museum - opened in 1952
Town twinning
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Östhammar - since 1948 -
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district - since 1962 -
Jõgeva
sons and daughters of the town
Politician
- Eero Erkko (1860–1927), journalist, member of the Reichstag and minister
Writer and poet
- Selma Anttila , writer
- Elias Erkko (1863–1888), writer
- Juhana Heikki Erkko (1849–1906), poet
Musician
- Kaj Chydenius , composer
- Eki Jantunen , musician
- Paavo Melander , composer & lyricist
- Annika Siltaniemi , Tenavatähti winner
- Martti Talvela (1935-1989), singer
Visual artist
- Jukka Lehtinen , sculptor
- Pentti Papinaho , sculptor
- Anna Retulainen (* 1969), painter
Directors and actors
- Aki (* 1957) and Mika Kaurismäki (* 1955), directors
athlete
- Taito Haara , weightlifter
- Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (* 1970), Olympic champion in women's trap shooting
- Sami Perälä , Finnish judo champion
- Päivi Salo (* 1974), ice hockey player
More famous people
- Yvonne de Bruyn , Miss Finland
- Riitta Väisänen , model, presenter & Miss Europe
Web links
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- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ Arkeologian Uutisia ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
