Kerava
Kerava | ||
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Town | ||
Keravan kaupunki Kervo stad | ||
 Kerava town centre | ||
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 Location of Kerava in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 60°24′N 025°06′E / 60.400°N 25.100°E / 60.400; 25.100Coordinates: 60°24′N 025°06′E / 60.400°N 25.100°E / 60.400; 25.100 | ||
| Country |  Finland | |
| Region | Uusimaa | |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region | |
| Charter | 1970 | |
| Government | ||
| • Town manager | Kirsi Rontu | |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 30.79 km2 (11.89 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 30.62 km2 (11.82 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 0.17 km2 (0.07 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 309th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2018-08-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 36,174 | |
| • Rank | 32nd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 1,181.38/km2 (3,059.8/sq mi) | |
Population by native language [3] | ||
| • Finnish | 7,001,948,000,000,000,000♠94.8% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 7,000,110,000,000,000,000♠1.1% | |
| • Others | 7,000,410,009,999,999,999♠4.1% | |
Population by age [4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 7,001,177,000,000,000,000♠17.7% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 7,001,703,000,000,000,000♠70.3% | |
| • 65 or older | 7,001,120,000,000,000,000♠12% | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 18.75% | |
| Climate | Dfb | |
| Website | www.kerava.fi | |
Kerava (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkerɑʋɑ]; Swedish: Kervo) is a town and municipality in Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of 36,174 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 30.79 square kilometres (11.89 sq mi) of which 0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1,181.38 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,059.8/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Contents
1 Transport
2 Politics
3 Gallery
4 Surnames
5 Notable people from Kerava
6 References
7 External links
Transport
Kerava railway station is an interchange (transfer) station, with connections from the main track from Helsinki to Riihimäki to the tracks to Lahti and Sköldvik/Porvoo. Helsinki Airport is located about 12 km to the southwest of the city.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Kerava:
National Coalition Party 25.1%
Social Democratic Party 23.4%
Finns Party 22.1%
Green League 9.7%
Left Alliance 6.9%
Centre Party 6.4%
Christian Democrats 3.8%
Swedish People's Party 0.8%
Gallery
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Kerava
Locomotive Hv3 number 781 at the Kerava railway station
Surnames
The most common surnames in Kerava and their frequencies as of 2014:[6]
- 1. Virtanen (1:181)
- 2. Nieminen (1:192)
- 3. Hämäläinen (1:204)
- 4. Mäkinen (1:223)
- 5. Laine (1:242)
- 6. Mäkelä (1:249)
- 7. Lehtinen (1:269)
- 8. Järvinen (1:275)
- 9. Lahtinen (1:289)
- 9. Salo (1:289)
Notable people from Kerava
- William Freyermuth, drummer of Finnish punk bands Masquerade, Virgin in Veil and Secular Plague.
Stone (band) Finnish heavy metal band
Hanna-Maria Seppälä (b. 1984), Finnish freestyle swimmer
Eero Hämeenniemi (b. 1951), Finnish composer
Marco Hietala was born in Tervo, Finland, but currently lives in Kerava.
Teppo Felin, Professor at the University of Oxford
Emppu Vuorinen was born in Kitee, Finland, but currently resides in Kerava.
Pekka Ansio Heino, singer of Leverage and Brother Firetribe
Tero Kinnunen currently resides in Kerava.- Joona Puhakka
- President Juho Kusti Paasikivi
- Olympic medal winner Volmari Iso-Hollo
Sasha Mäkilä, Finnish orchestra conductor
Renny Harlin, film director.
References
^ ab "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ ab "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
^ "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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Most common surnames in Kerava
External links
Media related to Kerava at Wikimedia Commons
Town of Kerava – Official website (In Finnish) Information - Official Websites (In English)- Satellite photo of Kerava
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