Tuusula

Tuusula
Tusby
Municipality
Tuusulan kunta
Tusby kommun
The wooden church of Tuusula
The wooden church of Tuusula
Coat of arms of Tuusula
Location of Tuusula in Finland
Location of Tuusula in Finland
Coordinates: 60°24′N 025°02′E / 60.400°N 25.033°E / 60.400; 25.033
Country Finland
RegionUusimaa
Sub-regionHelsinki sub-region
Metropolitan areaHelsinki metropolitan area
Founded2009
SeatHyrylä
VillagesJokela, Kellokoski
Government
 • Municipal managerHannu Joensivu
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
225.45 km2 (87.05 sq mi)
 • Land219.53 km2 (84.76 sq mi)
 • Water5.95 km2 (2.30 sq mi)
 • Rank254th largest in Finland
Elevation
63 m (207 ft)
Population
 (2024-10-31)[2]
 • Total
42,112
 • Rank27th largest in Finland
 • Density191.83/km2 (496.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish90.4% (official)
 • Swedish1.4%
 • Others8.2%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1418.1%
 • 15 to 6463.3%
 • 65 or older18.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal code
04301
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.tuusula.fi

Tuusula (Finnish: [ˈtuːsulɑ]; Swedish: Tusby [ˈtʉːsby]) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Tuusula is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region. The population of Tuusula is approximately 42,000. It is the 27th most populous municipality in Finland and the second most populous municipality without city status (Finnish: kaupunki) after Nurmijärvi. Tuusula is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area, which has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants.

A laurel branch in the coat of arms of Tuusula refers to the local artist community and a wheellock was borrowed from the coat of arms of the Stålhane noble family, which has long been influential in Tuusula. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson in 1953.[6]

  1. ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 164. ISBN 951-773-085-3.