Loppi

Kuntainfo
fullname=Lopen kunta


status=municipality


province=Southern Finland
region=Tavastia Proper
district=Riihimäki
citymanager=Voitto Saraneva
languages=Finnish
arearank=142nd
area=655.82
arealand=598.35
poprank=137th
popdate=2005
pop=7,960
popchange=+1.8
popdensity=13.1
urbanisation=64.0
unemployment=8.1
website=http://www.loppi.fi/

Loppi ("Loppis" in Swedish) is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. Loppi was founded in 1632. The municipality has a population of 8,006 (2006) and covers an area of 655.82 km² of which 57.47 km² is water. The population density is 13.1 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages

There are three big centers in Loppi: Loppi (Kirkonkylä), Launonen and Läyliäinen. Most of the inhabitants of the municipality live in these centers. Other centers include Hevosoja, Hirvijärvi, Hunsala, Joentaka, Kormu, Metsäkylä, Ourajoki, Pilpala, Räyskälä, Sajaniemi, Salo, Teväntö, Topeno and Vojakkala, but most of them are minor compared to the three largest.

Notable places

Marshal Mannerheim's hunting lodge ("Marskin maja" (Marshal's lodge) in Finnish) was moved from Karelia to Loppi in 1942 during the Continuation War. It is located on the side of lake Punelia and nowadays functions as a restaurant.

The Räyskälä airfield is located in Loppi. It is home to the Finnish Sports Aviation Academy and one of the busiest small airfields in Finland.

The church of Saint Birgitta is situated in Loppi. It is commonly called the "Santa Pirjo", Pirjo being the Finnish version of the name Birgitta. The church is one of the oldest wooden churches in Finland, being about 300 years old.

External links

* [http://www.loppi.fi/ Official website] fi icon
* [http://www.urheiluilmailuopisto.fi/ Finnish Sports Aviation Academy] fi icon
* [http://www.rayskala.com/english/ Räyskälä Airfield] en icon
* [http://www.hyrinet.fi/ Hyrinet - Hyvinkää-Riihimäki area portal] fi icon