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Marttila — Municipality — Marttilan kunta
Coat of armsLocation of Marttila in Finland Coordinates: 60°35′N 022°54′E / 60.583°N 22.9°ECoordinates: 60°35′N 022°54′E / 60.583°N 22.9°E Country Finland Region Finland Proper Sub-region Loimaa sub-region Charter 1409 Government - Municipal manager Juhani Tynjälä Area(2011-01-01)[1] - Total 195.98 km2 (75.7 sq mi) - Land 195.27 km2 (75.4 sq mi) - Water 0.71 km2 (0.3 sq mi) Area rank 303rd largest in Finland Population (2011-01-31)[2] - Total 1,996 - Rank 292nd largest in Finland - Density 10.22/km2 (26.5/sq mi) Population by native language[3] - Finnish 98.5% (official) - Swedish 0.6% - Others 0.9% Population by age[4] - 0 to 14 15.6% - 15 to 64 62.2% - 65 or older 22.2% Time zone EET (UTC+2) - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3) Municipal tax rate[5] 19.25% Website www.marttila.fi This article is about municipality called Marttila. For neighbourhood of Helsinki with the same name, see Marttila, Helsinki.Marttila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmɑrtːilɑ]), Swedish: S:t Mårtens) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 1,996 (31 January 2011)[2] and covers an area of 195.98 square kilometres (75.67 sq mi) of which 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 10.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (26.5 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
During the Swedish domestic war regarding who to be king, an important battle took place here 29 august 1599. Troops under Axel Kurck, supporting king Sigismund were defeted by troops supported duke Karl, soon to be king Karl IX. Karl more or less alredy ruled Sweden and what is Finland nowadays and Sigismund were based in Poland. There is a memoral, erected 1934, to be seen in Marttila. Martilla is along what at that time was called "Tavastlands Oxväg", in Finnish language now posted as "Hämeen Härkätie" which is "Hämeen Oxroad"
References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
Wikipedia Sweden regarding Karl IX, Swedish Biographical Dictionary regarding Axel Kurck, information from Turku Touring 2001.
External links
Media related to Marttila at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Marttila – Official website (Finnish)
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