Jokioinen

Jokioinen ("Jockis" in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 5,765 (2007) and covers an area of 182.03 km² of which 1.43 km² is water. The population density is 31.2 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

A notable tourist attraction is the Jokioinen Museum Railway.

The history of Jokioinen is tightly connected to the Jokioinen estate, which was established in 1562. The estate developed into the largest estate in Finland during the time of the provincial governor von Willebrand. At the beginning of 1900s the estate had a corn mill, saw mill, a brick factory, steel plant and a sugar and syrup factory.

Due to the crofters law of 1918 and the land reform law of 1945 the estate was split into more than 1500 homes and small farms. The rest of the estate was transferred to the ownership of the Finnish state in 1918. In 1928 the Department of Finnish Plant Breeding from Tikkurila and in 1957 the observatory from Pasila were transferred to the Jokioinen estate.

Economy

Employment structure of Jokioinen by trade at the end of 2004 was following: Services 64.9%, processing 23.3%, agriculture and forestry economics 9,6%.

Major employers:

*MTT Agrifood Research Finland: 480
*Jokioinen municipality: 305
*Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd: 68
*Jokioisten Leipä Oy (bakery): 45
*Suomen Sokeri Oy Finnsugar (sugar mill): 44
*Pintos Oy (nail factory): 40

Employment structure by trade at the end of 2004 was following: Agriculture and forestry economics 16,3%, industry 22,0%, services 58,5%, unknown 3.2%.

Villages

Haapaniemi, Jokioinen, Jänhijoki, Kiipu, Lammi, Latovainio, Minkiö, Minkiön asema (Minkiö railway station), Niemi, Ojainen, Pellilä, Saari, Vaulammi

External links

* [http://www.jokioinen.fi/ Web site]