Humppila
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| Founded | 1874 | ||||
| Province | Southern Finland | ||||
| Region | Tavastia Proper | ||||
| Sub-region | Forssa | ||||
| Area - Of which land - Rank |
148.24 km² 147.61 km² ranked 364th |
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| Population - Density - Change - Rank |
2 575 (31.8.2007) 17.4 inh./km² + 0.2% ranked 315th |
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| Unemployment | 9.8% (31.7. 2007) | ||||
| Official language(s) | Finnish | ||||
| City Manager | Esko Tonteri | ||||
| Home page | http://www.humppila.fi/ | ||||
Humppila is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 2,584 and covers an area of 148.24 km² of which 0.63 km² is water. The population density is 17.4 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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 km line to the town of Forssa. Today the remaining 15 kilometers of this line make the Jokioinen Museum Railway.
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%.
