Pohja
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Pohjan kunta - Pojo kommun | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||
| Province | Southern Finland | ||||
| Region | Uusimaa | ||||
| Sub-region | Ekenäs | ||||
| Area - Of which land - Rank |
247.41 km² 225.78 km² ranked 312th |
||||
| Population - Density - Change - Rank |
4,920 (2004) 21.8 inh./km² - 1.7% ranked 213th |
||||
| Urbanisation | 80.8% | ||||
| Unemployment | 9.7% | ||||
| Official languages | Finnish, Swedish | ||||
| Municipal manager | Jyrki Hakkarainen | ||||
| Home page | http://www.pohja.fi/ | ||||
Pohja (pronounced [ˈpohjɑ]), or Pojo in Swedish, is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 4,920 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 247.41 km² of which 21.63 km² is water. The population density is 21.79 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Finnish (60%) and minority Swedish (40%) speakers.
Pohja is one of the birthplaces of Finnish metal industry. Fiskars Corporation was founded near Pohja in 1649 and remains the largest employer in municipality area to date.
[edit] External links
| Municipalities of Uusimaa |  |
|
| Ekenäs | Espoo | Hanko | Helsinki | Hyvinkää | Ingå | Järvenpää | Karis | Karjalohja | Karkkila | Kauniainen | Kerava | Kirkkonummi | Lohja | Mäntsälä | Nummi-Pusula | Nurmijärvi | Pohja | Pornainen | Sammatti | Siuntio | Tuusula | Vantaa | Vihti | ||
| Uusimaa Region | Southern Finland | Finland |
 |
This Finland located article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
