Marttila

Marttila
Marttila
—  Municipality  —
Marttilan kunta

Coat of arms
Location of Marttila in Finland
Coordinates: 60°35′N 022°54′E / 60.583°N 22.9°E / 60.583; 22.9Coordinates: 60°35′N 022°54′E / 60.583°N 22.9°E / 60.583; 22.9
Country Finland
Region Finland Proper
Sub-region Loimaa sub-region
Charter 1409
Government
 - Municipal manager Juhani Tynjälä
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
 - Total 195.98 km2 (75.7 sq mi)
 - Land 195.27 km2 (75.4 sq mi)
 - Water 0.71 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Area rank 303rd largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
 - Total 1,996
 - Rank 292nd largest in Finland
 - Density 10.22/km2 (26.5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 - Finnish 98.5% (official)
 - Swedish 0.6%
 - Others 0.9%
Population by age[4]
 - 0 to 14 15.6%
 - 15 to 64 62.2%
 - 65 or older 22.2%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.25%
Website www.marttila.fi

Marttila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmɑrtːilɑ]), Swedish: S:t Mårtens) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 1,996 (31 January 2011)[2] and covers an area of 195.98 square kilometres (75.67 sq mi) of which 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 10.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (26.5 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

During the Swedish domestic war regarding who to be king, an important battle took place here 29 august 1599. Troops under Axel Kurck, supporting king Sigismund were defeted by troops supported duke Karl, soon to be king Karl IX. Karl more or less alredy ruled Sweden and what is Finland nowadays and Sigismund were based in Poland. There is a memoral, erected 1934, to be seen in Marttila. Martilla is along what at that time was called "Tavastlands Oxväg", in Finnish language now posted as "Hämeen Härkätie" which is "Hämeen Oxroad"

References

Wikipedia Sweden regarding Karl IX, Swedish Biographical Dictionary regarding Axel Kurck, information from Turku Touring 2001.

External links

Media related to Marttila at Wikimedia Commons



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