Myrskylä

It is the Myrskylä most populous municipality in Finland. Myrskylä covers an area of Myrskylä km2 of which Myrskylä km2 is water. The population density is Myrskylä PD/km2. Neighbouring municipalities are Askola, Porvoo, Pukkila, Orimattila, Lapinjärvi and Loviisa. A bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages. The Myrskylä parish was founded in 1636 when it was separated from Pernå by Isaacus Rothovius, the Bishop of Turku, and confirmed by Christina, the Queen of Sweden.

• Name — Myrskylä • Official Name — Myrskylän kunta Mörskoms kommun • Native Name — Myrskylä – Mörskom • Settlement Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 120x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Finland • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Uusimaa • Subdivision Type2 — Sub-region • Subdivision Name2 — Porvoo • Seat — Myrskylä (Kirkonkylä) • Leader Title — Municipality manager • Leader Name — Esa Ukkola • Established Title — Charter • Established Date — 1636 • Demographics1 Info2 — (official) • Blank3 Name — Climate • Blank3 Info — Dfb • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +02:00 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +03:00

There are many lakes connected to the Myrskylänjoki watershed. These lakes are Pöyrysjärvi, Isojärvi, Vähäjärvi, Muttilanjärvi, Siippo, Sopajärvi, Kirkkojärvi and Sulkavanjärvi.

Hallila, Hyövinkylä, Jaakkola, Kankkila, Myrskylä (Kirkonkylä), Pakila and Kreivilä.

The area was originally a part of the Pernå parish and has had both Finnish and Swedish inhabitants since the medieval times. The village of Hallila (under its Swedish name Skomarböle) was first mentioned in 1403 while Myrskylä itself was first mentioned in 1485. The name of Myrskylä comes from the Finnish word myrsky meaning "storm", likely via a farm name. Myrskylä acquired its first church in 1604 or 1611, eventually becoming its own parish in 1636. The parish was an annex of the bishop of Porvoo from 1747 to 1865.

• Illustration — Demo-linguistic evolution in Myrskylä municipality in the period 1880–2010. In orange: Number of Finnish speakers. In blue: Number Swedish speakers. In grey: Number of people with another native language. Myrskylä is the birthplace of former Olympic track champion Lasse Virén. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Myrskylä: • True Finns 27.1% • Centre Party 22.0% • National Coalition Party 15.7% • Social Democratic Party 12.6% • Swedish People's Party 10.0% • Green League 4.6% • Christian Democrats 3.7% • Left Alliance 2.8%