Riihimäki
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Riihimäki | |
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Town | |
Riihimäen kaupunki Riihimäki stad | |
Riihimäki railway station | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
![]() Location of Riihimäki in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°44′N 024°46′E / 60.733°N 24.767°ECoordinates: 60°44′N 024°46′E / 60.733°N 24.767°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Tavastia Proper |
Sub-region | Riihimäki sub-region |
Charter | 1922 |
City rights | 1960 |
Government | |
• City manager | Sami Sulkko[1] |
Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 125.56 km2 (48.48 sq mi) |
• Land | 121.02 km2 (46.73 sq mi) |
• Water | 4.54 km2 (1.75 sq mi) |
Area rank | 290th largest in Finland |
Population (2021-03-31)[3] | |
• Total | 28,757 |
• Rank | 38th largest in Finland |
• Density | 237.62/km2 (615.4/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 97% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.4% |
• Others | 2.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 15.4% |
• 15 to 64 | 61.8% |
• 65 or older | 22.8% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[6] | 20.5% |
Website | www.riihimaki.fi |
Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill") is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about 69 kilometres (43 mi) north of Helsinki and 109 kilometres (68 miles) southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to Helsinki, Tampere and Lahti. Several businesses also operate in Riihimäki. Notably, Würth Oy has its Finnish headquarters and logistics center in Riihimäki. Valio has a major dairy in the Herajoki part of Riihimäki. The famous Sako rifles are also produced in Riihimäki. Riihimäki also has the second-highest flagpole in Finland.
The town is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The town has a population of 28,757 (31 March 2021)[3] and covers an area of 125.56 square kilometres (48.48 sq mi) of which 4.54 km2 (1.75 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 237.62 inhabitants per square kilometre (615.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Riihimäki is home to the Riihimäki Prison, which is, alongside Turku Prison, one of the prisons in the country with the highest security rating (A+), and is home to the country's most dangerous prisoners.[7][8]
History[]
Riihimäki was established around the Riihimäki railway station by the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway, and is one of the original stations on Finland's first railway between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, which opened in 1862. It became the first railway junction in Finland when the Riihimäki – Saint Petersburg track's first section from Riihimäki to Lahti was opened in 1869. In 1907-1952 a narrow-gauge railway also operated between Riihimäki and Loppi. Today, the quickest way to travel between Riihimäki and Loppi is by car along the national road 54, which runs between Tammela and Hollola.
In 1910, a cavalry regiment was also established in the city.
In 1922, Riihimäki separated from Hausjärvi and became an independent market-town. Riihimäki got its city rights in 1960. It was home to the reputed Riihimäki Glass company that remained in business from 1910 through 1990.
The Finnish Glass Museum with its permanent display created by famous designer Tapio Wirkkala was opened in 1981.
Sports[]
- & (Ice hockey)
- (Figure skating)
- t (Synchronized skating)
- (Basketball)
- Riihimäen Ilves, formerly RIPS (Soccer)
- (Floorball)
- Cocks (Handball)
- , formerly (Finnish baseball)
- (Athletics)
- (Swimming)
Notable individuals[]
Athletes[]
- Aki Seitsonen, ice hockey player
- , football player
- Daniel O'Shaughnessy, football player
- Janne Lahti, SM-Liiga ice hockey player
- Jukka Jalonen, national ice hockey coach and ice hockey player
- Jukka Vanninen, football player
- Jussi Veikkanen, professional road racing cyclist
- Kari Tiainen, motorcycle enduro world champion
- , ice hockey player
- , basketball player
- , ice hockey player
- , ice hockey player
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy, football player
- Pekka Vasala, middle and long-distance runner; Olympic champion (1972) in the 1,500 metres
- Sami Lähteenmäki, SM-Liiga ice hockey player
- Tero Arkiomaa, ice hockey player
- , basketball player
Politicians[]
- Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, Member of Parliament
- , Member of Parliament
- Efraim Kronqvist, politician and Riihimäki Red Guard leader in 1918
- , Member of Parliament
- Iiro Viinanen, politician
- Päivi Räsänen, politician
The arts[]
- Aku Hirviniemi, actor
- , pop singer
- Erkki Junkkarinen, singer
- , visual artist
- Janne Kataja, entertainer
- Jann Wilde, musician and songwriter
- , musician
- Maija Isola, designer
- Nest, musical group
- , actor
- , actor
- Renny Harlin, film director and film producer
- , writer
- , artist
- Sinikka Laine, writer
- Skepticism, music group
- Tommi Hakala, singer
- , music contributor
- Veikko Sinisalo, actor
Other[]
- , industrialist
- , forester, minister and Jäger
- Ragnar Granit, physician who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
- , journalist
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Riihimäki is twinned with:
Szolnok, Hungary
Skedsmo, Norway
Húsavík, Iceland
Gus-Khrustalny, Russia
Karlskoga, Sweden
Aalborg, Denmark[9]
Bad Segeberg, Germany
References[]
- Notes
- ^ "Sami Sulkko on uusi kaupunginjohtaja - Riihimäen kaupunki". 15 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ YLE: Huumeita ujutetaan vankiloihin yllätyssuklaamunien muovikoteloissa (in Finnish)
- ^ IL: Tältä näyttää Suomen korkeimman turvaluokituksen vankila - elinkautisvanki: ”Kai sitä ihminen tottuu joka paikkaan” (in Finnish)
- ^ "Aalborg Twin Towns". Europeprize.net. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
External links[]
Media related to Riihimäki at Wikimedia Commons
- Riihimäki
- Cities and towns in Finland
- Municipalities of Kanta-Häme
- Populated places established in 1922
- 1922 establishments in Finland