Humppila

It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 2,230 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 148.61 square kilometres (57.38 sq mi) of which 0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 15.07 inhabitants per square kilometre (39.0/sq mi).

Humppila
Municipality
Humppilan kunta
Humppila kommun
The Humppila church in summer 2006
Coat of arms
Location of Humppila in Finland
Coordinates: 60°55.5′N 023°22′E
Country Finland
RegionTavastia Proper
Sub-regionForssa sub-region
Charter1874
Government
 • Municipal managerEsko Tonteri
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total148.61 km2 (57.38 sq mi)
 • Land147.94 km2 (57.12 sq mi)
 • Water0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi)
Area rank277th largest in Finland
Population
 (2019-01-31)[2]
 • Total2,230
 • Rank251st largest in Finland
 • Density15.07/km2 (39.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish98.9% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others0.9%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1417.5%
 • 15 to 6462%
 • 65 or older20.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]20.5%
Websitewww.humppila.fi

Humppila is a municipality of Finland.

Neighbouring municipalities are Forssa, Jokioinen, Ypäjä, Loimaa, Punkalaidun, and Urjala. The municipality of Humppila is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality owes the essence of its development to the arrival of the Turku–Toijala railway in 1876. Today, Humppila remains a stop for trains using this line and the once closed railway station has been reopened for passengers.

From 1898 until 1974, Humppila was the starting point of the narrow gauge Jokioinen Railway, a 22-kilometre (14 mi) line to the town of Forssa. Today the remaining 15 kilometres (9 mi) of this line make the Jokioinen Museum Railway.

Villages

Vitikka, Huhtaa, Humppila, Koivisto, Murto, Taipale, Venäjä, and Myllynkulma

Economy

Major employers in Humppila are the Humppila municipality, Kenkämaailma (shoe retail), Humppilan Osuuspankki (banking), Iittala Group Humppila Glassworks, and Maviteknik Oy (engineering). Employment structure by trade at the end of 2004 was following: Agriculture and forestry economics 16.3%, industry 22.0%, services 58.5%, unknown 3.2%.

Notable individuals

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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