Askola | |
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Municipality | |
Askolan kunta Askola kommun | |
![]() Askola church | |
![]() Location of Askola in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°31.7′N 025°36′E / 60.5283°N 25.600°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Uusimaa |
Sub-region | Porvoo sub-region |
Charter | 1896 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Annu Räsänen[1] |
Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 218.03 km2 (84.18 sq mi) |
• Land | 212.44 km2 (82.02 sq mi) |
• Water | 5.61 km2 (2.17 sq mi) |
• Rank | 260th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[3] | |
• Total | 4,700 |
• Rank | 175th largest in Finland |
• Density | 22.12/km2 (57.3/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 92.3% (official) |
• Swedish | 3.8% |
• Others | 3.9% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 18.7% |
• 15 to 64 | 61% |
• 65 or older | 20.2% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www.askola.fi |
Askola (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑskolɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 4,700 (31 December 2023)[3] and covers an area of 218.03 square kilometres (84.18 sq mi) of which 5.61 km2 (2.17 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 22.12 inhabitants per square kilometre (57.3/sq mi). Monninkylä is the largest village of the municipality in terms of population (1,326 inhabitants).[7] Neighbouring municipalities are Myrskylä, Mäntsälä, Pornainen, Porvoo and Pukkila.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Askola is one of three municipalities in the Uusimaa region that do not have a Swedish name; the others are Nurmijärvi and Mäntsälä.
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