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Humppila
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Key Information
Humppila is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Kanta-Häme region. The municipality has a population of 2,084 (30 June 2025),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Kanta-Häme in terms of population. It covers an area of 148.61 square kilometres (57.38 sq mi) of which 0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 14.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (36.5/sq mi).
The municipality owes the essence of its development to the arrival of the Turku–Toijala railway in 1876. Today, Humppila remains a stop for trains using this line and the once closed railway station has been reopened for passengers. From 1898 until 1974, Humppila was the starting point of the narrow gauge Jokioinen Railway, a 22-kilometre (14 mi) line to the town of Forssa. Today the remaining 15 kilometres (9 mi) of this line make the Jokioinen Museum Railway. There are two significant traffic highways through Humppila municipality: Highway 2 (between Vihti and Pori) and Highway 9 (between Turku and Tampere).
Neighbouring municipalities are Forssa, Jokioinen, Ypäjä, Loimaa, Punkalaidun, and Urjala. The municipality of Humppila is unilingually Finnish.
Villages
[edit]Vitikka, Huhtaa, Humppila, Koivisto, Murto, Taipale, Venäjä, and Myllynkulma
Economy
[edit]Major employers in Humppila are the Humppila municipality, Kenkämaailma (shoe retail), Humppilan Osuuspankki (banking), Iittala Group Humppila Glassworks, and Maviteknik Oy (engineering). Employment structure by trade at the end of 2004 was following: Agriculture and forestry economics 16.3%, industry 22.0%, services 58.5%, unknown 3.2%.
Transport
[edit]Humppila is served by Onnibus route Helsinki—Pori.
Notable individuals
[edit]- Risto Jalo, ice hockey player[citation needed]
- Waldemar Bergroth, politician[citation needed]
- Heljä Liukko-Sundström, ceramicist kept her studio, Ateljé Heljä in Humppila[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Population increased most in Uusimaa in January to June 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 July 2025. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Ateljee Heljä". Peda.net (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Salonen, Kiti (8 October 2024). "Heljä Liukko-Sundströmiltä jäi näyttävä ateljee Humppilaan – Tytär kertoo, millaisia suunnitelmia sille on". Hämeen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
External links
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Media related to Humppila at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Humppila – Official website
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