Misplaced Pages

#21978

57-463: Hollola ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈholːolɑ] ) is a municipality of Finland , located in the western part of the Päijänne Tavastia region . The municipality is unilingually Finnish and has a population of 22,834 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 727.47 square kilometres (280.88 sq mi) of which 68.66 km (26.51 sq mi) is water. The population density

114-458: A speaker of municipal council. Although municipalities do not have police or legislative powers, local ordinances concerning traffic can be set, and municipal parking inspectors can give parking tickets. Municipalities are legal persons and can appear in an administrative court . Likewise, the state of Finland is a separate legal person. Excluding judicial review of formal compliance to administrative law, municipalities are independent and not

171-562: A council meeting, which include, for example, zoning, social assistance, and education boards. Council, executive board, and municipal board memberships are elected positions of responsibility, not full-time jobs. Remuneration depends on the municipality and position, but is generally nominal or modest: a regular council member is paid 70 euro on average on a per-meeting basis (2017). Municipal managers ( kaupunginjohtaja , stadsdirektör for cities, kunnanjohtaja , kommunsdirektör for other municipalities) are civil servants named by

228-520: A joint board. After the merger of Hämeenkoski municipality, there are 11 primary schools in Hollola, which are: The school network is administratively part of Hollola's Education Department. Secondary education in Hollola was organized by Hollola High School, which ceased operations in 2014, and the Salpaus Education Center, which gave up its premises in Hollola's Kukonkoivu in 2013. Hollola

285-425: A municipal tax that is a form of income tax , which is the mainstay of the income of a municipality (42% of income). Municipal tax is nominally a flat tax that is levied from a broader population (including lower income levels) than progressive state income tax, which is collected only from medium to high income earners. However, in practice even the municipal tax is progressive due to generous deductions granted to

342-533: A municipality. This was finished by the Marin cabinet . Artj%C3%A4rvi Artjärvi ( Finnish: [ˈɑrtˌjærʋi] ; Swedish : Artsjö ) is a former municipality of Finland . It was consolidated with the town of Orimattila on January 1, 2011. The municipality was located in the Päijänne Tavastia region . It had a population of 1,412 (31 October 2010) and covered a land area of 177.01 square kilometres (68.34 sq mi). The population density

399-539: A new (and Finnish-speaking) suburb with multiple times the inhabitants than there are in Sipoo. There is currently a heated political debate in Finland about reforming the municipality system. Essentially, a multitude of small municipalities is seen as detrimental to the provision of public services, having originated during Finland's agrarian years. As a result, there have been suggestions of state-imposed mergers. A committee led by

456-460: A part of a local state hierarchy. Municipalities cooperate in regions of Finland . State agencies have jurisdictions spanning one or more regions: each region is served by an ely-keskus ( elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus ) on matters of employment, the economy, transport and environment, while law and environmental enforcement is handled by the local aluehallintovirasto , governing multi-region jurisdictions termed alue .-G.H- Residents pay

513-462: A state agency, and used primarily for traffic-related purposes (signage, speed limits, and highway planning). There are 745 officially recognized urban areas in Finland, 49 of which have more than 10,000 inhabitants and six more than 100,000. Each municipality has a distinct coat of arms . They are posted on the municipal borders and shown in official documents representing the municipality. The coats of arms for many municipalities have been designed in

570-399: A substantial share of municipal income (21%). In 2023, taxation will be significantly changed, when new wellbeing services counties are founded. Since these are funded by the state, municipal taxes will be reduced by 12.64 percentage points from ~20 to ~7%, and state taxes will be increased correspondingly. Additionally, municipalities levy a property tax, amounting to 3.6% of income, which

627-488: A target of population 20,000 per municipality. Commuter belts have also been proposed as a target by a government committee, such that municipalities where more than 35% of workforce commutes would be subject to a merger. The Sipilä cabinet , from 2015, had been preparing a significant reform of health and social services ( sote-uudistus ), aimed at increasing choice between municipal and private healthcare, and assigning some healthcare responsibilities into larger units than

SECTION 10

#1732855379022

684-460: Is 35.05 inhabitants per square kilometre (90.8/sq mi). Hollola's neighboring municipalities are Asikkala in the north, Hausjärvi and Hämeenlinna in the west, Lahti in the east and Kärkölä and Orimattila in the south. Hollola belongs to the Lahti region. It is 111 km (68.97 mi) from Hollola to Helsinki and 121 km (75.18 mi) to Tampere . Hollola's municipal center is Salpakangas, which

741-402: Is Hollola's medieval stone church with 550 seats. The church belongs to the third generation of Finnish stone churches, which were built between 1480 and 1560. It was completed in its current form between 1495 and 1510: the sacristy was finished in 1495, the church hall in 1500, and the armory after 1505. The stone church is famous for its well-preserved wooden sculptures. Due to lightning striking

798-622: Is a hotel and a camping site in Messilä. Messilä is located by Vesijärvi . In 2018, Hollola hosted the Jukola Relays . This Orienteering event is a night relay, and one of the most popular orienteering events in the world by number of competitors. Tiirismaa, the highest point in southern Finland, is located in Hollola, north of the Salpakangas municipal center. In total, there are 44 lakes, including lakes partially in other municipalities in Hollola,

855-784: Is an independent town with a land area of only 10.49 km (4.05 sq mi). Kauniainen , which was originally a corporation in Espoo , is only 6.00 km (2.32 sq mi). Municipalities were originally parishes . The old word for a municipality is pitäjä , 'keeper', because when the system was instituted, one municipality kept one minister. Municipalities were divided into villages, which consisted of individual properties. Borders between properties and thus municipalities were defined by oral agreements passed down from generation to generation; usually along straight lines between defined markers such as boulders. Medieval documentation survives only from legal disputes concerning borders. In

912-485: Is comparatively low: the annual fee is 0.32-0.75% of net present value for permanent residences and 0.50-1.00% for leisure properties like summer cottages as well as undeveloped plots. This is always paid by the owner, never a tenant directly, unlike the council tax . Municipalities receive a share of corporate tax revenue ( yhteisövero ) from companies having a place of business in the municipality (3.8% of income). Some municipal functions receive direct funding both from

969-429: Is expected as the name of the municipality refers to the entire parish, not just a single center like a church village. Villages have no administrative role, although some have voluntary village associations ( kyläyhdistys ) and other non-governmental public life. Although related, urban areas in Finland ( taajama ) are not local administrative units. A catalog is independently compiled each year by Statistics Finland ,

1026-524: Is located along highway 12 near the western border of Lahti. The small church village of Hollola remains next to it. Hämeenkoski was merged with Hollola on January 1, 2016. Areas from the municipality of Hollola have been annexed to the city of Lahti several times. Hollola has the tallest structure in Finland, the Tiirismaa TV-Tower. A popular resort in Hollola is Messilä. There you can cross-country ski , downhill skiing , hike , and golf . There

1083-474: Is maintained by the Hollola Homeland Association. The museum is located near the church in a two-story warehouse building. Municipalities of Finland Municipalities have council-manager government : they are governed by an elected council ( kunnanvaltuusto , kommunfullmäktige ), which is legally autonomous and answers only to the voters. The size of the council is proportional to

1140-608: Is part of the central agglomeration of Lahti, which mainly extends to the area of the city of Lahti. The Heinlammi agglomeration also extends in small parts to the Lahti area. Hollola's social cultural services are decided by the cultural committee of the Hollola municipal council. Activities related to the board include daycare, early childhood education, basic education, basic education, leisure activities, libraries, culture, and youth activities. Hollola's schooling system has been joined with that of its neighboring municipality, Kärkölä . Hollola and Kärkölä primary schools operate under

1197-578: Is the largest municipality in Finland without a high school. Hollola's nationally significant built cultural environments are Hollola's church village (the church and historic center), the Voistio and the farming landscape of the villages of Vesala, Nokkola, Untila and Utula. Hollola's näkkileipä (also called pitoleiva), a type of crisp cracker, originates from Hollola. In the 1980s, the potato dish perunatuvinki, salted Paimela bream, and apple pie were all named Hollola's signature dishes. A new library building

SECTION 20

#1732855379022

1254-496: The Continuation War , Hollola's municipality administration moved from the municipality of Hollola to the center of the city of Lahti and later moved to Salpakangas. The municipality's growth in the 1960s was mainly based on conservative economic policy. It enabled lower municipal taxes in Lahti and attracted companies and residents to Salpakangas. The center of Salpakkangas underwent major changes when Osuuskauppa Hämeenmaa built

1311-636: The 18th century, King Gustaf III implemented the Great Partition, where common lands were redistributed into larger properties, and claimed all unclaimed land to the crown. Thus, there is no "leftover" land outside the jurisdiction of municipalities, as all land belongs to either to a private property or to the government. The secular government divided the properties to taxable units (villages and secular municipalities) according to its own convenience, which were not necessarily convergent with parishes. Furthermore, cities were chartered separately. Up to 1734,

1368-539: The Catholic Church. According to the 2018 regional distribution report, Hollola has the following parishes of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: The parish of Hollola belongs to the diocese of Mikkeli. From the beginning of 2017, the congregation has operated in the municipalities of Kuhmointe , Kärkölä and Padasjoki , in addition to Hollola. Hollola's most significant historical attraction

1425-618: The Finnish monarchs, after which the administrator of Uudenkylä was established. Hollola's administration was divided into the quarters of Artjärvi , Etola, Okerointe and Uskila. The development of Hollola's Lahti village into a township and finally into a city began when the Riihimäki–Lahti Railway and the Vesijärvi Railway Station were built on the shore of Lake Vesijärvi in the southern part of Päijänte . Lahti became

1482-526: The Hankaa and Laitiala Kiiluanmäki fortresses are also found in Hollola. Their actual purpose is not exactly known, but it is suspected that they were part of a defense chain, a fire notification chain or places of escape for the local population. In the Middle Ages, Hollola belonged to the castle county of Häme . The administrators of Hollola, Asikkala and Tennilä were established for the administration purposes of

1539-503: The Heinlammi rock fields and the Tervala meadow of Huhdanjoki. Hollola's Natura 2000 nature reserves are Kivijärvi, Kotajärvi, Kutajärvi, Pähkinäkukkula, Riihikallio-Pilkanmäki and Tiirismaa. Hollola is a municipality located west of Lahti. There were 1,527 leisure apartments there at the end of 2013. The city of Lahti and Lake Vesijärvi, located in the middle of Hollola municipality, divide

1596-506: The Iiti municipal council. Hämeenkoski was merged with Hollola at the beginning of 2016. Hollola's municipal council has 43 councilors, and it includes seven councilor groups. The Oma council group consists of Kokoumus , SDP , Center, Christian Democrats , Basic Finns, Left Alliance and the Greens . The council group of Basic Finns was formed in the 2008 municipal elections. In the period 2021–2025,

1653-622: The Pentecostal Church of Finland in Hollola, the Hollola Pentecostal Congregation operates. The following are former parishes in the current area of Hollola municipality: Kapatuosia castle mountain is located north of Hollola church. It dates back to the Iron Age, the Middle Ages, or both periods. Linnavuori has an observation tower that is open in the summer, which is also used for bird watching. The Hollola Homeland Museum

1710-552: The Prisma market in the area, which was completed in 2017. An apartment building called Huili has been built in Salpakangas as a self-financed service home for the elderly. The banks of Hollola's Lake Päijänne have been inhabited since the Stone Age because of its fish population. During the Viking Age, Hollola developed into an important center, the most densely populated area of which was

1767-616: The Vainio region. Hollola also contains the Kirkailanmäki cemetery. After the Swedish crusade to Hämee and the establishmen of the Catholic Church in the area, Päijät-Hämee became a border region of the Swedish Empire. A chain of 13 ancient fortresses has been found in Finland, of which the hill fort Kapatuosia has been the most thoroughly studied. In addition to the ancient fortress of Kapatuosia,

Hollola - Misplaced Pages Continue

1824-527: The church village ( kirkonkylä , abbreviated kk ) is the historical center, the largest or administrative center may be in another village. For example, Askola has a church village (Askolan kirkonkylä), but its administrative center is in Monninkylä . Often, the church village has the same name as the municipality, as with Askola. However, this is not necessarily so, e.g. Enontekiö is governed from Hetta ; these villages are often erroneously labeled in maps. This

1881-417: The council. The city manager of Helsinki is called ylipormestari / överborgmästare "Lord Mayor" for historical reasons. There were previously no mayors in Finland, but after a change in law, Tampere was first city to elect a mayor ( pormestari / borgmästare ) in 2007. The mayor is not, however, currently elected directly, but by the municipal council. The mayor acts as municipal manager and as

1938-549: The end of 2011, 4.7 percent of Hollola's jobs were in primary production, 31.2 percent in processing and 61.9 percent in services. In terms of arable hectares, the fourth largest farm was Finland is in Hollola (as of 2013). In 2015, Hollola's largest corporation tax payers were Faba, a service cooperative aimed at cattle productivity, Bellmer Vaahto Paper Machinery, which operates in the paper machine industry, and Etteplan Design Center. Hollola's largest employers in 2007 were: In 1956, Hollola had 9,316 inhabitants.[28] After this,

1995-527: The fastest growing municipality in Päijät-Häme in terms of population. In Päijät-Hämee, several municipal merger discussions have been held and related investigations have been carried out. They include the Uusi Kunta project called Vellamo and the unification project of six municipalities: Hollola, Hämeenkoski , Iiti , Kärkölä , Lahti and Nastola . The project was rejected by the Hollola municipal council and

2052-1172: The former Minister for Regional and Municipal Affairs, Hannes Manninen , suggested creating a two-tier system of municipalities with different powers, while the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities ( Kuntaliitto ) favoured a system where municipalities would be units of at least 20,000–30,000 inhabitants, cf. the current median at 4,700. The motion was inspired by a similar reform in Denmark (see Municipalities of Denmark ). The former government ( Vanhanen II ), however, planned to not impose mergers. Recently, many voluntary mergers have been agreed on. Ten mergers were completed in 2005, one in 2006, 14 in 2007 and one in 2008. In 2009, there were even more, many of which consolidated more than two municipalities. Several cities merged with surrounding rural municipalities in Hämeenlinna , Salo , Kouvola , Seinäjoki , Naantali , Kauhava , Lohja , Raseborg , Jyväskylä and Oulu in 2009. In total, there were 32 mergers, involving 99 municipalities, that reduced

2109-514: The hub of Vesijärvi port's water traffic, rail traffic and road traffic. Lahti was separated from Hollola as a city on November 16, 1905. Agriculture-dominant Hollola began to industrialize in the late 1960s when the Salpakakkaa conglomeration was zoned in the village of Ala-Okeroinen along the Tampere-Lahden highway, which became Hollola's new municipal center. In recent decades, Hollola has been

2166-607: The largest kunta in Finland, and 1,246 inhabitants in Kaskinen , the smallest kaupunki , so the kunta–kaupunki categorisation mainly concerns the name of the municipality. The areas of the municipalities vary, as the population is the primary criterion for forming a municipality. The largest municipalities in size are found in Lapland, of which the largest is Inari at 17,333.65 km (6,692.56 sq mi) (130 km square). The smallest municipalities are very small towns. Kaskinen

2223-465: The largest council group is the coalition, which holds 11 seats. In 2008, the municipal council decided to establish neighborhood councils in each village. The district boundaries of the local councils follow the boundaries of the pupil enrollment areas of the first grades of elementary school, and there are five of them. The councils have been formed in the local service areas of Southern, Central Hollola, Municipal Center, Church Region and Vesikansa. At

2280-569: The largest of which are Lake Vesijärvi , Lake Pääjärvi and Lake Kivijärvi. Lake Kiikunlähde is located northwest of Hollola church in the village of Uskila. A portion of the Finnish nature film The Story of the Lake was filmed at Kiikunlähde. Kiikunlähde is potable and serves as a surface water intake for households. Nationally valuable landscape areas include the Kastarin-Hatsinan-Kutajoki landscape area. The traditional landscapes include

2337-572: The law was different in cities than in rural municipalities. On 6 February 1865, the modern municipalities were established as secular entities separate from the parishes. The reform was inspired by the Swedish municipal reforms of 1862 . Up to 1964, cities financed their own police and registry services. Until 1977 municipalities were divided into cities ( kaupunki , stad ), market towns ( kauppala , köping ) and rural municipalities ( maalaiskunta , landskommun ). The market town category

Hollola - Misplaced Pages Continue

2394-452: The lowest income levels. The pre-deduction base tax varies from 16% in affluent Kauniainen to 20% or more in a number of small rural municipalities. Next to the municipal tax, municipalities receive funding from the state budget ( valtionapu , 19% of income). This funding is means-tested to municipality wealth and serves to balance the differences in municipal tax revenue. Besides taxes, sales revenue, fees and profit of operations also form

2451-778: The majority language (all but five in Uusimaa region). Four municipalities in northern Lapland ( Utsjoki , Inari , Sodankylä and Enontekiö ) have one or all of the three Sami languages spoken in Finland as an official language. Finnish municipalities can choose to be called either kaupunki ( city or town ) or kunta (small town or rural municipality). Although the Finnish Environment Institute classifies urban settlements with over 15,000 inhabitants as kaupunki , municipalities can name themselves kaupunki with fewer inhabitants. There are 44,991 inhabitants in Nurmijärvi ,

2508-482: The modern era, many of them by Gustaf von Numers . In addition, municipalities like Vantaa since 2015 and Helsinki since 2017 have a logo distinct from their coat of arms. Distinctively, the Helsinki capital region , has no special arrangements. The area consists of four entirely independent cities that form a continuous conurbation . The Helsinki metropolitan area has grown in population and area relatively quickly:

2565-443: The municipality and the state, e.g. AMK vocational colleges. Finland has an extensive welfare state , and municipalities are responsible for much of the services to that end. Tasks of the municipalities are as follows: Although municipalities are responsible for their own finances, there is much highly specific legislation and regulation that requires the services to be provided up to a standard. Thus, although municipalities have

2622-484: The municipality into Maakansa, located on the west side of the lake, and Vesikansa, located on the east side. Maakansa forms the main part of the municipality's area. Paimela, Kalliola and Kukkila are listed from the Asikkala border in the north to the Lahti border in the south. More than half of Hollola's residents live in the municipal center in Salpakangas, and a good tenth in the villages of Kukkila and Kalliola. During

2679-451: The nearby municipalities, considered rural only 50 years ago, have become suburbs , and the growth is projected to continue. A state-imposed merger of Helsinki and a part of Sipoo , a rural, 40% Swedish-speaking municipality adjacent to the Helsinki metropolitan area, was approved by the government in 2006, counter to the opinion of the Sipoo municipal council. This area will effectively become

2736-551: The number of municipalities by 67. The year 2009 also marked the end of the last maalaiskunta , a municipality surrounding a city but sharing the name, in Jyväskylä . There were four mergers in 2010, six in 2011, ten in 2013, three in 2015, four in 2016, two in 2017, one in 2020 and one in 2021. In the period 2005–2021, the number of municipalities was voluntarily reduced from 444 to 309. In 2012, Katainen's government published an extensive plan aiming at merging municipalities to reach

2793-424: The population grew as follows: At the end of 2018, Hollola had 23,602 inhabitants, of which 18,481 lived in urban areas, 4,818 in sparsely populated areas, and the places of residence of 303 were unknown. Hollola's agglomeration rate is 79.3%. The population of Hollola is divided between seven different settlements: The center of Hollola, Salpakangas, does not form its own agglomeration, but in addition to Vesikansa

2850-570: The population, the extremes being 9 in Sottunga and 85 in Helsinki . A subsection of the council, the municipal executive board ( kunnanhallitus ), controls the municipal government and monitors the implementation of decisions of the council. Its decisions must be approved by the council. Unlike national cabinets, its composition is derived from the composition of the council, not along government-opposition lines. Furthermore, individual decisions are prepared in specialized municipal boards ( lautakunta ) for

2907-432: The power to voluntarily spend tax-generated income, they are required to first allocate funds to legally prescribed services. Municipalities may provide some of these services through corporations that they own or from private companies that they regulate. For example, Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL) provides public transport services in the capital area. From 2023, new wellbeing services counties will take

SECTION 50

#1732855379022

2964-519: The responsibility for healthcare and social services from the municipalities. As of 2021 , there are 309 municipalities in Finland, and from 1 January 2025 308, of which (the following numbers not updated) 107 are cities or towns ( kaupunki ). Sixteen municipalities are unilingually Swedish (all in the autonomous Åland region), while 33 are bilingual: 15 with Swedish as the majority language (all but four in Ostrobothnia ) and 18 with Finnish as

3021-529: The roof, the wooden roof structures of the church burned in 1642. The church was completely renovated in 1934–1935. On the south side of the church is a yellow Empire-style belfry designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and built between 1829 and 1831. Among the congregations of the Finnish Orthodox Church , the Lahti Orthodox congregation operates in the Hollola area. Among the member congregations of

3078-480: Was 7.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.7/sq mi). The municipality was unilingually Finnish . The name Artjärvi originally only referred to a nearby lake. In the 15th century, Artjärvi was the center of a taxation division, when it was also known as Sääksjärvi . Artjärvi, at the time a part of the Lapinjärvi parish, became the center of a chapel community in 1636. It became independent in 1865. Artjärvi

3135-496: Was abolished and these were renamed as cities. The rest of the municipalities were classified as 'other municipalities'. All municipalities called maalaiskunta were eventually either merged to their parent cities or changed their names. From 1995 onwards only 'municipality' is recognized by law and any municipality is allowed to call itself a city. Not all municipalities have an obvious urban center; indeed, rural municipalities are often composed of distributed rural villages. Although

3192-587: Was built in 2003 and inaugurated by Jukka Kuoppamäki. Hollola's Hämeenkoski and Hyväneula village are strongly featured in the fifth detective story of the Isaksson series, Sieluttomat, written by Markus Ahonen, the former editor-in-chief of Seutuviiko , which preceded the Seutuneloset newspaper group. Hollola belongs to the parish of St. Ursula . The parish in question is part of the Helsinki Diocese of

3249-754: Was completed as the main location of the Hollola Municipal Library in 2004. In addition to the main library, the residents of the municipality are served by the Kalliola Local Library, the Hämeenkoski Library and the Hollola Library Car. Hollola's medieval society, Medium Aevum Hollolense, organizes a medieval fair every two years. There is a wood species park in Hollola, Hannu's Memorial Forest, in Kukkila. The religious Room of Silence

#21978