Jokioinen

The population density is Jokioinen PD/km2. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. A notable tourist attraction in the region is the Jokioinen Museum Railway. Also home to a Tibetan Buddhist stupa, which is the largest Buddhist shrine in the country. The ear of wheat in the coat of arms refers to the importance that Jokioinen Manor has had in the development of Finnish agriculture, and the anvil refers to the local ironworks. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers, and the Jokioinen Municipal Council approved it at its meeting on 30 July 1951. The Ministry of the Interior confirmed the coat of arms for use on 21 September of the same year.

• Name — Jokioinen • Official Name — Jokioisten kunta Jockis kommun • Other Name — Jockis • Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 120x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Finland • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Kanta-Häme • Subdivision Type2 — Sub-region • Subdivision Name2 — Forssa • Leader Title — Municipal manager • Leader Name — Jukka Matilainen • Established Title — Charter • Established Date — 1873 • Custom Label3 Sec1 — Climate • Custom Data3 Sec1 — Dfc • Time Zone — EET • Utc Offset — +02:00 • Time Zone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +03:00

The history of Jokioinen is tightly connected to the Jokioinen estate, which was established in 1562. The estate developed into the largest estate in Finland during the time of the provincial governor Ernst Gustaf von Willebrand. At the beginning of 20th century the estate had a corn mill, saw mill, a brick factory, steel plant and a sugar and syrup factory. Due to the crofters law of 1918 and the land reform law of 1945 the estate was split into more than 1500 homes and small farms. The rest of the estate was transferred to the ownership of the Finnish state in 1918. In 1928 the Department of Finnish Plant Breeding from Tikkurila and in 1957 the observatory from Pasila were transferred to the Jokioinen estate.

Jokioinen has a humid continental climate of the warm-summer type (Köppen: Dfb), typical of the South Finnish fringe. In the past it falls to the continental subarctic zone (Dfc, based in old data) with only 3 months above 10 °C. The conditions are similar to Tampere, although it is more than 70 km to the north which shows influence of the urbanization in the climate.

Employment structure of Jokioinen by trade at the end of 2004 was following: Services 64.9%, processing 23.3%, agriculture and forestry economics 9.6%.

• MTT Agrifood Research Finland: 480 • Jokioinen municipality: 305 • Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd: 68 • Jokioisten Leipä Oy (bakery): 45 • Suomen Sokeri Oy Finnsugar (sugar mill): 44

Haapaniemi, Jokioinen, Jänhijoki, Kiipu, Lammi, Latovainio, Minkiö, Minkiön asema (Minkiö railway station), Niemi, Ojainen, Pellilä, Saari, and Vaulammi

• Karl Fazer (1866–1932), chocolatier and sport shooter • Anneli Saaristo (born 1949), singer • Miina Sillanpää (1866–1952), politician