Tuusula

Tuusula (Template:IPA-fi; Swadish: Tusby‎, Template:IPA-sv) is a municipality o Finland. It belangs tae the Helsinki sub-region o the Uusimaa region. The municipality haes a population o 37,233 (31 Januar 2011).

Geography

Tuusula, lyin on the shores o Tuusulanjärvi lake, is locatit in the Uusimaa region. It covers an aurie o 225.46 square kilometres (87.05 sq mi) o which 5.95 km2 (2.30 sq mi) is watter. The population density is 169.62 inhabitants per square kilometre (439.3 /sq mi).

Tuusula haes three population centers. The admeenistrative center is Hyrylä (aboot 19,500 residents), ither twa are Jokela (5,300 residents) an Kellokoski (4,300 residents). The remainin 4,400 residents are distributit tae the rural auries ootside o municipal centers.

The neighborin communes are Vantaa tae the sooth, Nurmijärvi tae the wast, Hyvinkää tae the north, Mäntsälä an Järvenpää tae the north east, an Sipoo an Kerava tae the east.

History

The aurie in wha is nou Tuusula wis locatit in the lairger municipality o Sipoo. In 1643, it became a separate parish in the municipality, an in 1653, it became a separate municipality. Tuusula's bundaries hae no aaways remained the same: in 1924 the municipality o Kerava split frae here; in 1950 the municipality o Korso wis split atween Tuusula, Kerava, an Sipoo; an in 1951 the municipality o Järvenpää split frae here.

Durin the Crimean War (1853–1856), a Roushie garrison wis stationed in wha is nou Hyrylä. The modren parish maistly developed aroond it.

The aurie haed aaways been a fairly fertile aurie, thus encouragin fermin. The development o ither industries began in 1795, when an ironwirks wis creatit in Kellokoski that functioned till the 1980s. The establishment o a railroad in Jokela furthered the growth.

Suin efter this industrial time anither aspect o Tuusulan history wis realized. The Tuusulanjärvi lake attracted mony airtists who wantit tae paint the bonnie landscape. Follaein the fuitsteps o Aleksis Kivi, the Finnish naitional poet who spent the last years o his life in a hut on the shores o the lake, Jean Sibelius, Juhani Aho, an Pekka Halonen even established their main residences here. Recently these hooses hae become tourist steids, especially Sibelius' hoose Ainola. An aa, Tuusula Lake Road on the eastren shore o the lake is an ootside museum.

The Jokela rail crash wis a rail crash which occurred on 21 Aprile 1996 here.

Jokela Heich Schuil wis the steid o the Jokela schuil shuitin, a schuil shuitin which occurrit on November 7, 2007, leavin 9 deid (includin the 18-year-auld perpetrator, Pekka-Eric Auvinen).

Demographics

Tuusula, in the Helsinki suburbs, haes been in a positive balance o population, wi it mair than doublin in size syne 1970.

The municipality is offeecially Finnish. Swadish wis the seicont offeecial leid till 1943. The day anerlie 2% are Swadish-speakin.

Population in:

• 1970 – 17.235
• 1980 – 22.151
• 1987 – 26.234
• 1990 – 27.328
• 1997 – 29.957
• 2000 – 31.957
• 2007 – 34.890

Twin ceeties

• Oppegård, Norawa
• Sollentuna, Swaden
• Hvidovre, Denmark
• Vinni, Estonie
• Augustów, Poland
• District Celle, Germany
• Vidnoye, Roushie
• Querétaro, Mexico

Economy an Infrastructur

Economy

Due tae its proximity tae Helsinki, Tuusula is, for the maist pairt, a commuter toun. Tuusula itsel haes aroond 10,000 jobs. 66% o the jobs are in the service sector, 31% in the wirkforce, an 1.5% are fermers. The unemployment rate amoontit tae 3% (2007), far belaw the naitional average.

Transportation

Frae the center o Tuusula, Hyrylä, there are guid bus connections tae Helsinki, via the Tuusula motorwa. There are an aw twa train stations in the main railwa line o Finland, Jokela an Nuppulinna.

Education

Tuusula's netwirk o schuils include:

• 18 primary schuils
• 4 secondary schuils
• 3 high schuils
• 1 hospital schuil

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Tuusula at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality o Tuusula – offeecial steid