Kerava
Kervo | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Keravan kaupunki Kervo stad | |
 Kerava town centre | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kerava in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°24′N 025°06′E / 60.400°N 25.100°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region |
| Metropolitan area | Helsinki metropolitan area |
| Township | 1924–1970 |
| City | 1970– |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kirsi Rontu |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 30.79 km2 (11.89 sq mi) |
| • Land | 30.63 km2 (11.83 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.17 km2 (0.07 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 309th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 38,355 |
| • Rank | 30th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1,252.2/km2 (3,243/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 82.6% (official) |
| • Swedish | 1.2% |
| • Others | 16.2% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 16.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 63.8% |
| • 65 or older | 19.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
Kerava (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkerɑʋɑ]; Swedish: Kervo) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Kerava is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region. The population of Kerava is approximately 38,000. It is the 30th most populous municipality in Finland. Kerava is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants.
Kerava's neighbouring municipalities are Vantaa, Sipoo and Tuusula.
Kerava 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 1,252.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,243/sq mi). In terms of area, Kerava is the fifth smallest in Finland and the second smallest in the Uusimaa region after Kauniainen. However, it is also the third most densely populated area in the sub-region after Helsinki and Kauniainen. The municipality is monolingual Finnish.
The Sinebrychoff brewery operations are based in Kerava.[6] There is also a well-known prison in the town (Keravan vankila),[7] which includes 94 places in the open prison ward.
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "History of the Company". Sinerbrychoff (in Finnish). Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ Kerava Prison – R/SE (in English)