Kerava

Kerava
Town
Keravan kaupunki

Kerava town centre

Coat of arms

Location of Kerava in Finland
Coordinates: 60°24′N 025°06′E / 60.400°N 25.100°ECoordinates: 60°24′N 025°06′E / 60.400°N 25.100°E
Country Finland
Region Uusimaa
Sub-region Helsinki sub-region
Charter 1970
Government
 • Town manager Petri Härkönen
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 30.79 km2 (11.89 sq mi)
 • Land 30.62 km2 (11.82 sq mi)
 • Water 0.17 km2 (0.07 sq mi)
Area rank 334th largest in Finland
Population (2014-11-30)[2]
 • Total 35,304
 • Rank 31st largest in Finland
 • Density 1,152.97/km2 (2,986.2/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 94.8% (official)
 • Swedish 1.1%
 • Others 4.1%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 17.7%
 • 15 to 64 70.3%
 • 65 or older 12%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 18.75%
Climate Dfb
Website www.kerava.fi

Kerava (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkerɑʋɑ]; Swedish: Kervo) is a town and municipality in Finland.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of 35,304 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of 30.79 square kilometres (11.89 sq mi) of which 0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1,152.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,986.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Transport

Kerava railway station is an interchange (transfer) station, with connections from the main track from Helsinki to Riihimäki to the tracks to Lahti, Sköldvik/Porvoo and Vuosaari Harbour.


Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Kerava:

Gallery

Kerava
Locomotive Hv3 number 781 at the Kerava railway station 
 
 
 

Notable people from Kerava

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

External links

Media related to Kerava at Wikimedia Commons