Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi – Kyrkslätt | |
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Municipality | |
| Kirkkonummen kunta Kyrkslätts kommun | |
 Kirkkonummi church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kirkkonummi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°07′N 024°26′E / 60.117°N 24.433°ECoordinates: 60°07′N 024°26′E / 60.117°N 24.433°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region |
| Charter | 1330 |
| Municipal manager | Tarmo Aarnio |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,017.01 km2 (392.67 sq mi) |
| • Land | 366.10 km2 (141.35 sq mi) |
| • Water | 649.91 km2 (250.93 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 209th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 40,158 |
| • Rank | 27th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 109.69/km2 (284.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 77.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 18.5% |
| • Others | 3.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 19% |
| • 15 to 64 | 64.1% |
| • 65 or older | 16.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% |
| Website | www.kirkkonummi.fi |
Kirkkonummi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkirkːoˌnumːi]; Swedish: Kyrkslätt, Finland Swedish: [ˈtɕyrːkslet] (
listen), Sweden Swedish: [ˈɕʏ̂rːkslɛt]) is a municipality of 40,158 inhabitants (31 March 2021)[2] in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words "Kirkkonummi" and "Kyrkslätt" in English is "church heath".
The municipality is located just outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, bordering the city of Espoo in the east. Other neighbouring municipalities are Vihti and Siuntio. The distance from the municipal centre to central Helsinki is some 30 kilometres (20 mi). Kirkkonummi also has excellent train and bus connections to other parts of the Greater Helsinki area, and many of its inhabitants commute daily to Helsinki.
The municipality covers an area of 1,017.01 square kilometres (392.67 sq mi) of which 649.91 km2 (250.93 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 109.69 inhabitants per square kilometre (284.1/sq mi). Over the recent years, Kirkkonummi has faced the highest population growth rate in the country, over 3% per annum.
Major population centres in Kirkkonummi include the municipal centre, Masala, , and the Upinniemi naval garrison area. In addition to these, there are dozens of smaller villages. Geographically, Kirkkonummi has two famous peninsulas, namely Porkkala and Upinniemi, the latter one of which houses a major Finnish naval base. Porkkala is also on one of the main bird migration routes in the Baltic Sea region. Additionally, Kirkkonummi has a large central plains area, through which a railway goes from Helsinki to Turku as well as extensive lake areas, much of which is relatively untouched wilderness.
Kirkkonummi has been populated from the Stone Age to the present day as evidenced by the first Stone Age rock paintings found in Finland that are located by lake Vitträsk in the central lake region of Kirkkonummi. Incidentally, these paintings were found by the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius himself. The southern half of the municipality was leased to the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1956 for use as a naval base as part of the peace settlement that ended the hostilities between the Soviet Union and Finland during World War II. Signs of this time include concrete bunkers, other fortifications and the remains of an airbase.
Other places of interest located in Kirkkonummi include the medieval stone church in the municipal centre, the wooden church in the village of as well as the Hvitträsk manor designed by Finnish architects Eliel Saarinen, Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren.
The municipality was also home to the famous Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen, son of Eliel Saarinen, he has designed famous landmarks such as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri and Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia.
Politics[]
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kirkkonummi:
- National Coalition Party 30.7%
- Social Democratic Party 16.8%
- True Finns 16.3%
- Swedish People's Party 14.3%
- Green League 10.1%
- Centre Party 4.4%
- Left Alliance 3.6%
- Christian Democrats 2.3%
Climate[]
Kirkkonummi has a four-season humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb) with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild to warm summers; spring and fall are somewhat cool and brief seasons. Similar to that of Nova Scotia or Hokkaido. The monthly daily average temperatures range from -3.9 °C (25.0 °F) in January to 20 °C (68 °F) in July. Precipitation is well-spread throughout the year, though spring is the driest season while fall to early winter tends to be the wettest. Its location in the very southern tip of Finland gives it a milder climate than that of northern Finland, being influenced by the North Atlantic Current and the Baltic Sea. Record temperatures range from -31.4 °C (-24.5 °F) in February, up to 34.8 °C (94.6 °F) in July. The plant life hardiness zones are between 6a and 7a, representing an annual extreme minimum temperature between −23.3 and −17.8 °C (−9.9 and 0.0 °F).[6]
| hideClimate data for Kirkkonummi 2010-present normals, records 2010-present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.8 (94.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
34.8 (94.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
2.3 (36.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
0.0 (32.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
0.6 (33.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
18.1 (64.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
14.6 (58.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
3.0 (37.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −30.2 (−22.4) |
−31.4 (−24.5) |
−24.3 (−11.7) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
2.8 (37.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−31.4 (−24.5) |
| Source 1: Past Weather in Kirkkonummi, Finland 2010–2020[7] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: record highs and lows[8] | |||||||||||||
International relations[]
Twin towns — Sister cities[]
Kirkkonummi is twinned with:[9]
Sundbyberg, Sweden
Paldiski, Estonia
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Finland Plant Hardiness Zone Map"
- ^ {{Cite web |title=Past weather for Kirkkonummi 2010-present |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/@649631/historic
- ^ "FMI data". FMI. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). Municipality of Kirkkonummi. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
External links[]
Media related to Kirkkonummi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kirkkonummi – official website
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