Mäntsäl is a municipality in the province of Southern Finland, and is part of the Uusimaa region. It has a population of 20,782 and covers an area of 596.11 square kilometres of which 15.26 km2 is water.
Mäntsälä lies about 60 kilometres (40 mi) north of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. During the last few years, the population of Mäntsälä has been one of the most rapidly increasing in Finland. A new railroad, the Kerava–Lahti railway line, was built between Kerava and Lahti with passenger traffic starting on September 4, 2006 from Mäntsälä railway station. Helsinki is about 40 minutes away, and Lahti even closer.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Mäntsälä is one of three municipalities in the Uusimaa region that do not have a Swedish name; the others are Nurmijärvi and Askola.
Culture
Alikartano has been a museum. The National Board of Antiquities has defined the manor and its agricultural landscape as a nationally significant built cultural environment.
Library operations began in Mäntsälä as early as 1847. The current premises of the Mäntsälä Library are located in a multi-purpose building. Municipal residents are also served by a library car and there is an online library. In addition, material can be borrowed from other locations in the Kirkes library bundle .
Several villages in Mäntsälä have once had manors. Today, Hirvihaara Manor is a hotel, Saari Manor is an educational institution and Sälinkää Manor is a restaurant. Alikartano is a museum, but the National Board of Antiquities announced in 2015 that it would close the museum. Other museums in Mäntsälä include the Kirvu Parish Museum and the Sepänmäki Handicraft Museum , in addition to which there is a museum room in Mäntsälä Church.
The National Board of Antiquities has identified three nationally significant built cultural environments in Mäntsälä: Frugård Manor and Agricultural Landscape , Mäntsälä Church Hill and Saari Manor. The Vääpeli Körmy films (1990-1997) were shot in the buildings and surroundings of the old Saari Match Factory .
In the 1980s , Mäntsälä’s parish dishes were renneted cheese , a pot of potatoes and an apple pancake called kuutelo .
Mäntsälä is mentioned in Kake Singers’ song “ Mäntsälä in my mind ” from 1979. It is said to have been inspired by the congestion caused by the local traffic in the 1970s.
Education
There are twelve primary schools in Mäntsälä: Arola school , Hepola school , Hirvihaara school , Hyökännummi school , Kirkonkylä school , Luko school , Myllymäki school , Nummi school , Ohkola school , Saari school , Sälinkää school and Sääksjärvi school . There are two upper secondary schools in the municipality: Ehnroos School and Riihenmäki School .
Mäntsälä High School has about 290 students.
The Central Uusimaa Education Consortium Keuda has two offices in Mäntsälä, Lukkarinpolku 2 and Saari Manor . Lukkarinpolku 2 provides vocational training for vehicle installers, car dealers, chefs, caretakers, electricians, building builders, spare parts dealers and warehousekeepers. The island manor, on the other hand, provides vocational training for animal handlers, florists, florists, construction machine operators, civil engineers, rural entrepreneurs, agricultural machinery installers, forest machine operators, gardeners, farm animal care and welfare, greenery and environmentalists. In addition, Saari Manor has the University of Helsinkiresearch and teaching hospital for farm animals.