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Askola
Sign in to saveAskola () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Monninkylä is the largest village of the municipality in terms of population (1,326 inhabitants). Neighbouring municipalities are Myrskylä, Mäntsälä, Pornainen, Porvoo and Pukkila.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Askola
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Church of Askola in Finland.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Askola church
- Settlement.image_shield
- Askola.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Askola sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Askola in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uusimaa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Porvoo
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Annu Räsänen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1896
- Settlement.blank3_name
- Climate
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Askolan kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Uusimaa Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 4677
- Area
- 5.59
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Porvoo
- Official website
- askola.fi
- Image
- Porvoonjoki korttia.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Askola
- Commons category
- Askola
- inception
- 1896-01-01
- associated electoral district
- Uusimaa
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Porvoo sub-region
- native label
- Askola
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=18
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Villages
- Demographics
- Urban areas
- Services
- Politics
- Economy
- People born in Askola
- References
- External links
Askola () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Monninkylä is the largest village of the municipality in terms of population (1,326 inhabitants). Neighbouring municipalities are Myrskylä, Mäntsälä, Pornainen, Porvoo and Pukkila.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Askola is one of three municipalities in the Uusimaa region that do not have a Swedish name; the others are Nurmijärvi and Mäntsälä.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Askola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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