Tuusula

It is the Tuusula most populous municipality in Finland and the second most populous municipality without city status (kaupunki) after Nurmijärvi. Part of the Helsinki metropolitan area, which has approximately million inhabitants. A 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.

• Name — Tuusula • Official Name — Tuusulan kunta Tusby kommun • Other Name — Tusby • Settlement Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 120x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Finland • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Uusimaa • Subdivision Type2 — 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 — 1643 • Blank3 Name — Climate • Blank3 Info — Dfb • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +02:00 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +03:00 • Elevation M — 63 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 04301 • Website — https: www.tuusula.fi/

The area in what is now Tuusula was located in the larger municipality of Sipoo. It got its current name from its original inhabitants known as the Tuusas (based on the Germanic names Dose or Duse), who settled in the area centuries ago. The historical center called Tuusulan kirkonkylä ("Tuusula church village") was built on the shores of lake in the 16th century. 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).

Tuusula, lying on the shores of Tuusulanjärvi lake, is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. It covers an area of Tuusula km2 of which Tuusula km2 is water. The population density is Tuusula 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. 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.

• Illustration — Apartment buildings along the Asemanraitti street in Jokela Huikko, Hyrylä, Jokela, Jäniksenlinna, Kellokoski, Kirkonkylä, Lahela, Myllykylä, Nahkela, Paijala, Riihikallio, Ruotsinkylä, Ruskela, Rusutjärvi, Savikulma, Siippoo, Vanhakylä

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. Swedish was the second official language until 1943. Today only 2% are Swedish-speaking.

Results of the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election in Tuusula: • Finns Party 21% • National Coalition Party 20.4% • Social Democratic Party 16.5% • Centre Party 12.3% • Green League 11.3% • Movement Now 5.3% • Left Alliance 4.8% • Blue Reform 2.6% • Christian Democrats 2% • Other parties 4%

Composition of the Municipal Council (2005–2008) • Party — Percent of the council — Seats • National Coalition Party — 26.2% — 14 • Tuusulan Puolesta (Eng. "For Tuusula") — 25.2% — 14 • Social Democratic Party of Finland — 25.1% — 13 • Centre Party — 11.6% — 5 • Christian Democrats — 3.2% — 2 • Left Alliance — 3.5% — 1 • Green League — 3.5% — 1 • Swedish People's Party — 1.1% — 1

Tuusula is twinned with: • * Oppegård, Norway * Sollentuna Municipality, Sweden * Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark * Vinni, Estonia — | * Augustów, Poland * District Celle, Germany * Vidnoye, Russia * Querétaro, Mexico

The Finnish language spoken in the Tuusula area is based on the Southern Tavastian dialect and it belongs to the Nurmijärvi dialect subgroup. The language border between Finnish and Swedish languages has traditionally run across Tuusula, between Lahela and Ruotsinkylä, and its influence is still visible in place names.

Tuusula belongs to the Uusimaa region in terms of food culture, which includes, among other things, fruit wine production made by different kind of berries. In the 1980s, the traditional dishes of Tuusula's parish were läskisoosi and oatmeal porridge as everyday dishes, and aspic, rosolli, veal roast, lanttulaatikko, porkkanalaatikko, yeast bread and raisin soup as festive meals.

The local newspaper Keski-Uusimaa, which is the joint local newspaper of Tuusula, Järvenpää and Kerava, and is based in Tuusula.

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.

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 main railway line of Finland, Jokela and Nuppulinna. Nuppulinna, however, was discontinued in 2016.

• Illustration — Jokela High School, one of high schools in Tuusula Tuusula's network of schools include: • 18 primary schools • 4 secondary schools • 3 high schools • 1 hospital school

• Ilmari Juutilainen, the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force • Eino Leino, poet • Teemu Suninen, rally driver