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Encyclopedia > Askola
Askolan kunta
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municipality in Finland
Image:Location of Askola in Finland.png
Province Southern Finland
Region Eastern Uusimaa
Sub-region Porvoo
City manager Mikko Komulainen
Official languages Finnish
Area
 - total
 - land
ranked 327th
218.42 km²
213.42 km²
Population
 - total (2004-12-31)
 - change
 - density
ranked 359th
4,530
- %
21.24/km²
Urbanisation - %
Unemployment rate - %
http://www.askola.fi/

Askola (IPA: /ˈaskola/) is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa / Östra Nyland) is a region (maakunta / landskap) in Southern Finland. ... In 2005 Finland is divided into 77 sub-regions (seutukunta in Finnish, ekonomisk region in Swedish). ... Province Southern Finland Region Eastern Uusimaa Sub-region Porvoo City manager Per-HÃ¥kan Slotte Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area  - total  - land ranked 137 663 km² 654 km² Population  - total (2005-07-01)  - change  - density ranked 24 46,755 - % 71. ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by area as of 2003: 17321,32 km²: Inari/Enare 12416,81 km²: Sodankylä 8463,59 km²: Enontekiö/Enontekis 8411,79 km²: Kittilä 7915,51 km²: Rovaniemen_mlk/Rovaniemi_lk 6470,65 km²: Savukoski 5878,00 km²: Salla 5865,79 km²: Pudasj... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by population as of 2003: Helsinki (Helsingfors), 559716 (Helsinki Metropolitan Area 971825) Espoo (Esbo), 221597 Tampere (Tammerfors), 200104 Vantaa (Vanda), 181890 Turku (Åbo), 174618 Oulu (Uleåborg), 124588 Lahti (Lahtis), 97968 Kuopio, 87821 Jyväskylä, 81110 Pori (Björneborg), 75895... Urbanization is the degree of or increase in urban character or nature. ... Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California during the Great Depression. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...


It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 4,530 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 218.42 km² of which 5.18 km² is water. The population density is 21.24 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa / Östra Nyland) is a region (maakunta / landskap) in Southern Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...


The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


External link

Askola – Official web site in Finnish



Municipalities of Eastern Uusimaa
Askola | Lapinjärvi | Liljendal | Loviisa | Myrskylä | Pernå | Porvoo | Pukkila | Ruotsinpyhtää | Sipoo
Eastern Uusimaa | Southern Finland | Finland

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Itä-Uudenmaan maakuntaportaali (152 words)
As a place to live Askola is appreciated for the diversity of its economic structure, its history, its beautiful and clean nature, its competitive basic services as well as its balanced municipal finances.
Askola now has about 4,500 inhabitants and is a rural municipality where population growth is being efficiently managed.
Askola is an enterprise-friendly centre with excellent conditions in which to do business, and all within easy reach of large urban centres, ports and an international airport.
SAMPo ry (2458 words)
The inhabitants, organizations and civic institutions of the municipalities of Askola and Pornainen experience that they are falling behind the general IT development in their areas.
The purpose of this pre-study is to map different interest groups' need for data transmission and to find the telematic solutions and applications that can fulfil these needs and to assess the costs of a possible implementation.
An essential part of the project is to train representatives of local associations in computer skills so that they will be capable of developing and maintaining their association's pages in the village portal.
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