Asikkala
Asikkala | ||
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Municipality | ||
Asikkalan kunta | ||
![]() Vääksy Canal | ||
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![]() Location of Asikkala in Finland | ||
Coordinates: 61°10′20″N 025°32′50″E / 61.17222°N 25.54722°ECoordinates: 61°10′20″N 025°32′50″E / 61.17222°N 25.54722°E | ||
Country |
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Region | Päijänne Tavastia | |
Sub-region | Lahti sub-region | |
Charter | 1848 | |
Seat | Vääksy | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Juri Nieminen | |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | ||
• Total | 755.55 km2 (291.72 sq mi) | |
• Land | 563.41 km2 (217.53 sq mi) | |
• Water | 192.13 km2 (74.18 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 151st largest in Finland | |
Population (2017-08-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 8,280 | |
• Rank | 123rd largest in Finland | |
• Density | 14.7/km2 (38/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 98.6% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.2% | |
• Others | 1.2% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 15.3% | |
• 15 to 64 | 62.4% | |
• 65 or older | 22.3% | |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% | |
Website | www.asikkala.fi |
Asikkala is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Vääksy.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of 8,280 (31 August 2017)[6] and covers an area of 755.55 square kilometres (291.72 sq mi) of which 192.13 km2 (74.18 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 14.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (38/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish, by law since 1996.
Some villages
Kalkkinen, Kopsuo, Kurhila, Urajärvi and Vähä-äiniö.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Asikkala:
- True Finns 26.8%
- Centre Party 20.8%
- National Coalition Party 20.5%
- Social Democratic Party 15.2%
- Christian Democrats 8.1%
- Left Alliance 4.0%
- Green League 3.7%
See also
References
- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2017" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Population by municipality as of 31 October 2010". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
External links
Media related to Asikkala at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Asikkala – Official site in Finnish
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