Laihia is a municipality of Finland, founded in 1576 through a separation from Isokyrö and Korsholm. It is located in the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 7,999 and covers an area of 508.44 square kilometres of which 4.14 km2 is water. Laihia consists of 37 villages. Laihia is within the economical region of the neighbouring city Vaasa. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Only 79 […]
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Iin Hamina is an agglomeration and part of the municipality of Iin . It is located in the municipality of Ii in Northern Ostrobothnia , along the Iijoki River. The area of about two hundred inhabitants is especially known for its wooden house environment. The oldest surviving buildings date from the mid-19th century. The area is currently a protected area. According to Statistics Finland , the agglomeration Iin Hamina had 6,520 inhabitants at the end of 2014. History […]
Jokela is one of the three administrative centers in the Finnish municipalityTuusula. It has a population of around 6,000 residents. The Jokela School Centre and the Jokela railway station serve the community. Many residents commute to the capital of Finland, Helsinki, which is about 50 kilometres (30 mi) away. History Early settlement Until the mid-19th century the area around Jokela was […]
Eura is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 11,489 and covers an area of 630.20 square kilometres of which 51.33 km2 is water. The population density is 19.85 inhabitants per square kilometre. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Kiukainen was consolidated with Eura on 1 January 2009. The municipality is one […]
Veikkola is an agglomeration in northern Kirkkonummi . It is located about 30 kilometers from Helsinki along Turunväylä , very close to the borders of Espoo and Vihti . The center of Kirkkonummi is located about 20 kilometers south of Veikkola. Veikkola is one of the fastest growing satellite agglomerations in the Helsinki metropolitan area during the first decade of the 21st century. The agglomeration had 4,240 inhabitants in 2004, and 5,010 […]
Vuokatti is an urban area that is a physically separate part of the municipality of Sotkamo, Finland. It is home to more than 6,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populous urban area in the region of Kainuu, after the main urban area of the municipality of Kajaani. Vuokatti is also the name of the nearby forested hill range and the urban area’s train station. The […]
Kiiminki was a municipality of Finland. Along with Haukipudas, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. Kiiminki municipality was part of the Oulu province in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 13,320 and covered an area of 339.00 square kilometres (130.89 sq mi) of which 326.82 km2 is water. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Vuores is an area on the border of Tampere and Lempäälä , where the municipalities are building a common district. Each municipality is building in its own area, but a partial master plan has been drawn up in co-operation. Construction on the Tampere side began in 2010. The area is diverse in terms of terrain and nature, and there are numerous lakes. The […]
Liminka is a municipality in the Northern Ostrobothnia region, in the province of Oulu, in Finland. Liminka is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Oulu. The municipality has a population of 10,241 and covers an area of 651.71 square kilometres of which 14.54 km2 is water. The population density is 16.07 inhabitants per square kilometre. The neighbouring municipalities are Kempele, Lumijoki, Muhos, Oulunsalo, Siikajoki, Siikalatva, Tyrnävä, Vaala and Ala-Temmes. Transportation The church village of Liminga and the villages of Hirvineva, Ketunmaa, […]
Muhos is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu half an hour’s drive (35 km) on route 22 from the city of Oulu, the capital of Northern Finland, and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 8,906 and covers an area of 797.26 square kilometres of which 13.78 km2 is water. The river Oulujoki flows through the town […]
Muurame is a municipality of Finland, located 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Jyväskylä. Muurame itself is located between two lakes, Lake Päijänne and Lake Muuratjärvi. These two lakes are connected to each other via River Muurame. All together there are 37 lakes in Muurame. Biggest lakes beside Päijänne are Muuratjärvi and Lake Kuusjärvi. River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame. Muurame was […]
Nurmijärvi is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located 37 kilometres (23 mi) north of the capital Helsinki. The neighboring municipalities of Nurmijärvi are Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Hyvinkää and Vihti, and it is part of the Greater Helsinki. The population of the municipality is 43,669 inhabitants. The close proximity to Helsinki has led to a considerable growth of the major villages such as Klaukkala, Rajamäki and Röykkä. Klaukkala is the […]
Laukaa is a municipality of Finland. It is located next to Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 18,836 and covers an area of 825.59 square kilometres of which 177.09 km2 is water. Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Jyväskylä, Konnevesi, Toivakka, Uurainen and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. There are all together 129 lakes in Laukaa. Biggest lakes in Laukaa are Lievestuoreenjärvi, Kuusvesi, Leppävesi and Lake Uurainen. Some […]
Toijala is a former town and municipality of Finland, located some 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Tampere. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Viiala to form the town of Akaa. Toijala is known as an important railway crossroads. The Helsinki–Tampere and Turku–Tampere tracks meet at Toijala railway station. Toijala is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 8,305 and […]
Ekenäs is a town and former municipality in Finland that comprised the former municipalities of Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009. Ekenäs is in the province of Southern Finland, and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town had a population of 14,754 and covered a land area of 726.73 square kilometres. The town is bilingual, with […]
Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907. On 1 January 2009 Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala. Attractions Rautavesi’s cultural landscape in the heart of Vammala is one of Finland’s national landscapes designated by the Ministry of the Environment . An essential part of this landscape is the medieval church of St. Olaf in Tyrvää in Tyrvää, Sastamala. On […]
Siilinjärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in Northern Savonia, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the city of Kuopio, which largely surrounds Siilinjärvi. Another neighbour municipality with Kuopio is Lapinlahti. The name, in Finnish, apparently translates literally as „Hedgehog’s Lake“, although its etymology actually stems from a Sámi word meaning winter dwelling. Lakes are essential part of the geography of Siilinjärvi. There […]
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 […]
Nastola is a former municipality of Finland. In the province of Southern Finland, Nastola is part of the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality had a population of 14,905 and covered an area of 382.86 km2 of which 38.67 km2 was water. The population density was 45.9761/km2. Nastola is located between two major cities: Lahti and Kouvola. Kausala, the administrative center of Iitti, is 26 kilometres (16 mi) away from Nastola in the direction of Kouvola. The municipality is […]
Nummela is the largest urban agglomeration and municipality seat of Vihti municipality in Southern Finland. Nummela is located in a triangle between highways 1, 2 and 25, 44 kilometres (27 mi) northwest from the capital Helsinki. The city of Lohja is located 19 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Nummela. Population of Nummela’s urban area is around 13 500 and population within its post code is around 15 000. Nummela has […]
Kirkkonummi is a municipality of 40,102 inhabitants 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 […]
Zaanstad is a Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of Amsterdam. Its main city is Zaandam. It is part of the conurbation and metropolitan area of Amsterdam. It had a population of 155,885 in 2019. The municipality of Zaanstad is a conurbation itself and consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Assendelft, Koog aan de Zaan, Krommenie, Westzaan, Wormerveer, Zaandam, Zaandijk. However, being surrounded by countryside and […]
Gouda is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, between Rotterdam and Utrecht, in the province of South Holland. Gouda has a population of 72,338 and is famous for its Gouda cheese, stroopwafels, many grachten, smoking pipes, and its 15th-century city hall. Its array of historic churches and other buildings makes it a very popular day trip destination. In the Middle Ages, a settlement was founded at the location of the […]
Roermond Limburgish: Remunj) is a city, a municipality, and a diocese in the southeastern part of the Netherlands. Roermond is an historically important town, on the lower Roer at the east bank of the Meuse river. It received town rights in 1231. Roermond town centre has been designated as a conservation area. Through the centuries the town has filled the role of commercial centre, principal town in […]
Dordrecht colloquially Dordt[dɔrt] (listen)), historically known in English as Dordt or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province’s fifth-largest city after Rotterdam, The Hague, Zoetermeer and Leiden, with a population of 118,654. The municipality covers the entire Dordrecht Island, also often called Het Eiland van Dordt („the Island of Dordt“), bordered by the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden Merwede, Nieuwe Merwede, Hollands […]
Lelystad (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈleːlistɑt] (listen)) is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk, making the reclamation possible. Lelystad is approximately 3 metres (9.8 feet) below sea level. Lelystad is built on the seabed of the former Zuiderzee. About […]
Leeuwarden Town Frisian: Liwwadden; Leeuwarder dialect: Leewarden) is a city and municipality in Friesland in the Netherlands. It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provincial Council of Friesland. The municipality has a population of 122,293. The region has been continuously inhabited since the 10th century. It came to be known as Leeuwarden in the early 9th century AD and was granted city privileges in […]
Amersfoort is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands and is situated at the eastern edge of the Randstad. As of 1 January 2019, the municipality had a population of 156,286, making it the second-largest of the province and fifteenth-largest of the country. Amersfoort is also one of the largest Dutch railway junctions with its three stations—Amersfoort Centraal, Schothorst and Vathorst—due to its location on two […]
Alkmaar is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. Alkmaar has many medieval buildings that are still intact, most notably the tall tower of the Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk, where many people from Alkmaar hold their wedding ceremony. The other main attraction, […]
Arnhem, German: Arnheim; South Guelderish: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located on both banks of the rivers Nederrijn and Sint-Jansbeek, which was the source of the city’s development. Arnhem had a population of 159,265 in 2019 and is one of the larger cities of the Netherlands. The municipality is part of the Arnhem–Nijmegen […]
Mariehamn is the capital of the Åland Islands, an autonomous territory under Finnishsovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city. It is mostly surrounded by Jomala, the second largest municipality in Åland in terms of population; to the east it is bordered by Lemland. Like all of Åland, Mariehamn […]
Raseborg is a town (administrative area) and municipality of Finland. It was created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Ekenäs, Karis and Pohja were consolidated into a single town. The town has a population of 27,530 and covers an area of 2,354.24 square kilometres of which 1,206.47 km2 is water. The name of the new town is based on the Castle of Raseborg located in Ekenäs, […]
Pargas is a town and municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry and except for the central parts, the municipality is still mostly rural. Pargas is located in Åboland in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. It was created as Väståboland on January 1, 2009 in Southwest Finland, when the municipalities of Pargas, Nagu, Korpo, Houtskär and Iniö were merged into […]
Viseu is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabitants. Settled during the period of the early Iberian Castro culture, the territory of Viseu was populated by a series of cultures including […]
Närpes is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the former province of Western Finland (all provinces were abolished in 2010) and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 9,561 and covers an area of 2,334.14 square kilometres of which 1,357 km2 is water. Economically, the municipality is known for extensive greenhouse farming of tomatoes and manufacture of trailers for trucks. Närpes has been […]
Vila Real is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, northern Portugal. Vila Real was ranked seventh in the list of Portugal’s most livable cities in the survey of living conditions published by the Portuguese newspaper Expresso in 2007. History The region shows traces of inhabitation during the paleolithic era, while the settlement of Panóias had a Roman presence. […]