Järvenpää (Träskända in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland. This is a list of towns in 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. ...

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 37,114 (2003) and covers an area of 39.88 km² of which 2.42 km² is water. The population density is 930.6 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. ... Uusimaa (Nyland) is the name of a geographical region in Finland which can refer to: Uusimaa - a historical Province of Sweden (Historical provinces of Finland) Uudenmaan ja Hämeen lääni - a former County of Sweden (Counties in Finland) Uudenmaan lääni - a former Province of Finland Uudenmaan maakunta - a current Region of... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

It was the home of Jean Sibelius and his family from 1904. This timber-built villa "Ainola" was designed by the famous Finnish architect Lars Sonck. Its distance from the hustle and bustle of the nation’s capital gave the composer the peace that he needed for his creative endeavours, while other artistic families living in the neighbourhood provided a lively social circle. Part of the Sibelius monument in Helsinki, Finland. ... Ainola stands on the scenic shores of Lake Tuusula in Järvenpää, about 30 minutes drive from the Finnish capital, Helsinki. ... Lars Sonck (born in Kalvia, Finland 1870; died in Helsinki, Finland 1956) was a Finnish architect. ...