Sammatti
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Province | Southern Finland | ||||
Region | Uusimaa | ||||
Sub-region | Lohja | ||||
Area - Of which land - Rank |
85.18 km² 72.68 km² ranked 417th |
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Population - Density - Change - Rank |
1,242 (2004) 17.1 inh./km² + 0.2% ranked 401st |
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Urbanisation | 58.0% | ||||
Unemployment | 6.2% | ||||
Official languages | Finnish | ||||
Municipal manager | Hanna-Maria Grandell | ||||
Home page | http://www.sammatti.fi |
Sammatti (pronounced [ˈsɑmːɑtːi]) 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 1,242 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 85.18 km² of which 12.50 km² is water. The population density is 17.09 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
It was the birthplace of one of Finland's most famous writers, Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Kalevala.
[edit] External links
- Official website of Sammatti municipality (in Finnish)
- Genealogy of families in Sammatti (in Finnish)
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 |