Editing Tuusula

{{short description|Municipality in Uusimaa, Finland}}
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| image_caption = The wooden church of Tuusula
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| subdivision_type2  = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Helsinki sub-region]]
| subdivision_type3  = Metropolitan area
| subdivision_name3  = [[Helsinki metropolitan area]]
| seat = [[Hyrylä]]
| parts_type = Villages
| parts = [[Jokela]], [[Kellokoski]]
| leader_title = Municipal manager
| leader_name = Hannu Joensivu
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 2009
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|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset = +02:00
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +03:00
| elevation_m = 63
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| postal_code = 04301
| website = {{URL|https://www.tuusula.fi/}}
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'''Tuusula''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈtuːsulɑ|lang}}; {{langx|sv|Tusby}} {{IPA|sv-FI|ˈtʉːsby|}}) is a [[municipality]] in [[Finland]], located in the southern interior of the country. Tuusula is situated in the centre of the [[Uusimaa]] region. The population of Tuusula is approximately {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{Data Finland municipality/population count|{{PAGENAME}}}}round -3}}}}. It is the {{ordinal|{{Data Finland municipality/population count sequence|{{PAGENAME}}}}}} most populous [[Municipalities of Finland|municipality]] in Finland and the second most populous municipality without city status ({{langx|fi|kaupunki}}) after [[Nurmijärvi]]. Tuusula is part of the [[Helsinki metropolitan area]], which has approximately {{formatnum: {{#expr: ({{Data Finland municipality/population count|Helsinki}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Espoo}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Vantaa}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Mäntsälä}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Pornainen}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kauniainen}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kirkkonummi}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Vihti}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Nurmijärvi}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Hyvinkää}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Tuusula}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kerava}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Järvenpää}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Sipoo}}) /1000000 round 2 }}}}&nbsp;million inhabitants. 

A [[Laurus nobilis|laurel branch]] in the [[coat of arms]] of Tuusula refers to the local artist community and a [[wheellock]] was borrowed from the coat of arms of the Stålhane noble family, which has long been influential in Tuusula. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson in 1953.<ref>{{cite book| title= Suomen kunnallisvaakunat | publisher= Suomen Kunnallisliitto | year= 1982 | page= 164 | isbn= 951-773-085-3 | language = fi}}</ref>

==Geography==
Tuusula, lying on the shores of [[Tuusulanjärvi]] lake, is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Southern Finland]] and is part of the [[Uusimaa (region)|Uusimaa]] [[regions of Finland|region]].  It covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Tuusula}}|km2}} of
which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Tuusula}}|km2|abbr=on}}
is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is
{{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Tuusula|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

Tuusula has three population centres. The administrative centre is '''[[Hyrylä]]''' (about 19,500 residents), other two are [[Jokela]] (5,300 residents) and [[Kellokoski]] (4,300 residents). The remaining  4,400 residents are distributed to the rural areas outside of municipal centres.<ref>[http://www.tuusula.fi/teksti.tmpl?id=853;numero=117702656 Tuusulassa on kolme keskusta ja niitä ympäröivät maaseutualueet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107173200/http://www.tuusula.fi/teksti.tmpl?id=853;numero=117702656 |date=2007-11-07 }} {{in lang|fi}}</ref> The most significant main road connection between Hyrylä and Helsinki is the [[Tuusulanväylä]] [[motorway]].

The neighbouring communes are [[Vantaa]] to the south, [[Nurmijärvi]] to the west, [[Hyvinkää]] to the north, [[Mäntsälä]] and [[Järvenpää]] to the north east, and [[Sipoo]] and [[Kerava]] to the east.

=== Villages ===
[[File:Asemanraitti street in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, 2021 July.jpg|thumb|Apartment buildings along the Asemanraitti street in [[Jokela]]]]
[[Huikko]], [[Hyrylä]], [[Jokela]], [[Jäniksenlinna]], [[Kellokoski]], [[Tuusula Church Village|Kirkonkylä]], [[Lahela]], [[Myllykylä]], [[Nahkela]], [[Paijala]], [[Riihikallio]], [[Ruotsinkylä]], [[Ruskela]], [[Rusutjärvi]], [[Savikulma]], [[Siippoo]], [[Vanhakylä (Tuusula)|Vanhakylä]]

==History==
The area in what is now Tuusula was located in the larger municipality of [[Sipoo]]. In 1643, it became a separate parish in the municipality, and in 1653, it became a separate municipality. Tuusula's boundaries have not always remained the same: in 1924 the municipality of [[Kerava]] split from here; in 1950 the municipality of [[Korso]] was split between Tuusula, Kerava, and Sipoo; and in 1951 the municipality of [[Järvenpää]] split from here.

During the [[Crimean War]] (1853–1856), a Russian garrison was stationed in what is now Hyrylä. The modern parish mostly developed around it. Since the departure of the [[Helsinki Air Defence Regiment]], the former garrison area has been redeveloped.

The area had always been a fairly fertile area, thus encouraging farming. The development of other industries began in 1795, when an [[ironworks]] was created in Kellokoski that functioned until the 1980s. The establishment of a railway in Jokela furthered the growth.

Soon after this industrial time another aspect of Tuusulan history was realised. The Tuusulanjärvi lake attracted many artists who wanted to paint the beautiful landscape. Following the footsteps of [[Aleksis Kivi]], the Finnish national poet who spent the last years of his life in a hut on the shores of the lake, [[Jean Sibelius]], [[Juhani Aho]], and [[Pekka Halonen]] even established their main residences here. Recently these houses have become tourist sites, especially Sibelius' house [[Ainola]]. Also, Tuusula Lake Road on the eastern shore of the lake is an outside museum.

The [[Jokela rail crash]] was a rail crash which occurred on 21 April 1996 here.

[[Jokela High School]] was the site of the [[Jokela school shooting]], a school shooting which occurred on 7 November 2007, leaving 9 dead (including the 18-year-old perpetrator, [[Pekka-Eric Auvinen]]).<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/07/school.shooting/index.html|title=Teen gunman dead from critical injuries who opened fire on Finnish classmates|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=2007-11-07|access-date=2007-11-07 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071109052100/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/07/school.shooting/index.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-11-09}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7082795.stm|title=Fatal shooting at Finnish school|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=2007-11-07|access-date=2007-11-07}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Ilmari Juutilainen]], the top flying ace of the [[Finnish Air Force]]
*[[Eino Leino]], poet
*[[Teemu Suninen]], rally driver

==Demographics==
Tuusula, in the Helsinki suburbs, has been in a positive balance of population, with it more than doubling in size since 1970.

The municipality is officially [[Finnish language|Finnish]]. Swedish was the second official language until 1943. Today only 2% are Swedish-speaking.

''Population in:''
* 1970 – 17.235
* 1980 – 22.151
* 1987 – 26.234
* 1990 – 27.328
* 1997 – 29.957
* 2000 – 31.957
* 2007 – 34.890

==Politics==

===Parliamentary elections===
Results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.keski-uusimaa.fi/tulospalvelu#/kunnat/02_858|title=Tulospalvelu: Eduskuntavaalit 2019 - Tuusula|website=Keski-Uuusimaa|access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> of the [[2019 Finnish parliamentary election]] in Tuusula:

*[[Finns Party]]   21%
*[[National Coalition Party]]   20.4%
*[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]]   16.5%
*[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]]   12.3%
*[[Green League]]   11.3%
*[[Movement Now]]   5.3%
*[[Left Alliance (Finland)|Left Alliance]]   4.8%
*[[Blue Reform]]   2.6%
*[[Christian Democrats (Finland)|Christian Democrats]]   2%
*Other parties   4%

===Municipal Council===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Composition of the Municipal Council (2005–2008) <span style='font-weight:normal'><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050115011504/http://192.49.229.35/K2004/e/tulos/kutulos_tuusula.html 2004 election results]</ref></span>
! Party !! Percent of the council  !! Seats
|-
| [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]] || align="center" | 26.2% || align="center" | 14
|-
| Tuusulan Puolesta (Eng. "For Tuusula") || align="center" | 25.2% || align="center" | 14
|-
| [[Social Democratic Party of Finland]] || align="center" | 25.1% ||align="center" | 13
|-
| [[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]] || align="center" | 11.6% || align="center" | 5
|-
| [[Christian Democrats (Finland)|Christian Democrats]] || align="center" | 3.2% || align="center" | 2
|-
| [[Left Alliance (Finland)|Left Alliance]] || align="center" | 3.5% || align="center" | 1
|-
| [[Green League]] || align="center" | 3.5% || align="center" | 1
|-
| [[Swedish People's Party (Finland)|Swedish People's Party]] || align="center" | 1.1% || align="center" | 1
|}

===Twin towns – Sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland}}
Tuusula is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
{|class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
|
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oppegård]], Norway
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sollentuna Municipality]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hvidovre Municipality]], Denmark
*{{flagicon|EST}} [[Vinni Parish|Vinni]], [[Estonia]]
||
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Augustów]], Poland
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Celle (district)|District Celle]], Germany
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast|Vidnoye]], Russia
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Querétaro]], Mexico
|}

==Economy and Infrastructure==

===Economy===
Due its proximity to the Helsinki, Tuusula is, for the most part, a commuter town. Tuusula itself has around 10,000 jobs. 66% of the jobs are in the service sector, 31% in the workforce, and 1.5% are farmers. The unemployment rate amounted to 3% (2007), far below the national average.

===Transportation===
From the centre of Tuusula, Hyrylä, there are good bus connections to Helsinki, via the ''Tuusula motorway''. There are also two train stations in the [[Finnish Main Line|main railway line]] of Finland, ''[[Jokela]]'' and ''[[Nuppulinna]]''. Nuppulinna, however, was discontinued in 2016.

==Education==
Tuusula's network of schools include:

*18 primary schools
*4 secondary schools
*3 high schools
*1 hospital school

==See also==
* [[For Tuusula]]
* [[Tuusula Highway]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tuusula}}
* [https://www.tuusula.fi/english/ Municipality of Tuusula] – official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Tuusula
 | N  = [[Hyvinkää]]
 | NE = [[Mäntsälä]]
 | E  = [[Järvenpää]]<br/>[[Sipoo]]<br/>[[Kerava]]
 | S  = [[Vantaa]]
 | W  = [[Nurmijärvi]]
}}
{{Uusimaa}}
{{50 most populous Finnish municipalities}}
{{Authority control}}

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