Hausjärvi
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 0 and covers an area of undefined km2 of which undefined km2 is water. The population density is undefined PD/km2.
Geographically, and to some extent politically, Hausjärvi is characterized by its three population centres, Hikiä (population 1,055), Oitti (population 1,855) and Ryttylä (population 1,595). The administrative center of the municipality is Oitti, but politically there sometimes emerges debate on which centres should be developed and/or made targets of public investment.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The establishment of permanent settlement in what is now Hausjärvi is presumed to have begun around the 1300s by hunters from Janakkala. The first estates in Hausjärvi sprung up around river Puujoki, and the inhabitants were known to practice hunting as well as slash-and-burn agriculture. Metsäkansa - as Hausjärvi was known in the era around and preceding the Greater Wrath - was made a distinct chapel parish of the mother parish of Janakkala in 1611, which also prompted the construction of its first church in the same year. Hausjärvi was elevated to the status of an independent parish by imperial proclamation in 1855.
The Helsinki–Hämeenlinna and Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railways marked a turning point for the sparsely populated municipality. The villages of Hyvinkää and Riihimäki, in particular, benefited heavily from becoming junction stations, and they were granted independence from Hausjärvi as market towns in 1918 and 1922, respectively. Later on, the village of Oitti, aided by its station on the Riihimäki–Lahti section, became the administrative center of the remaining parts of Hausjärvi.
Map - Hausjärvi
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Country - Finland
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Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several different ceramic styles and cultures. The Bronze Age and Iron Age were characterized by contacts with other cultures in Fennoscandia and the Baltic region. From the late 13th century, Finland became a part of Sweden as a consequence of the Northern Crusades. In 1809, as a result of the Finnish War, Finland became part of the Russian Empire as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, during which Finnish art flourished and the idea of independence began to take hold. In 1906, Finland became the first European state to grant universal suffrage, and the first in the world to give all adult citizens the right to run for public office. After the 1917 Russian Revolution, Finland declared independence from Russia. In 1918, the fledgling state was divided by the Finnish Civil War. During World War II, Finland fought the Soviet Union in the Winter War and the Continuation War, and Nazi Germany in the Lapland War. It subsequently lost parts of its territory, but maintained its independence.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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EUR | Euro | € | 2 |
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FI | Finnish language |
SV | Swedish language |