Ahlainen

Ahlainen (Swedish Vittisbofjärd, formerly Hvittisbofjärd ) is a village with about 1500 inhabitants in the Finnish landscape Satakunta, which was incorporated in 1972 the city of Pori.

The place is located about 23 km as the crow northwest of the city of Pori, 16 km north- west of Noormarkku and 12 km north-east of Reposaari not far from the sea. By car you need to Pori little more than half an hour. Ahlainen consists of the individual settlements Alakylä ( Nederby ) Anttoora ( ANTARA ) Pastuskeri ( Bastuskär ) Kellahti ( Källfjerd or Kjällfjärd ) Lampaluoto, Lamppi, Pirttijärvi, Pohjajoki, Rankkuu ( Rankö ) Suosmeri ( Svartsmark ) Tyltty and Ylikylä ( Överby ). The Swedish names were all used just earlier. In the 21st century, the then parish became increasingly Finnish speakers.

1796 Salomon designed Köykkä - Köhlström the wooden church of Ahlainen. 1832 was built next to a work designed by the Berlin-born Carl Ludwig Engel bell tower. As in so many was predominantly rural communities in Finland and is clearly to prove in Ahlainen the rural exodus with numbers. In the 1920s, about 4,500 people lived in Ahlainen, 1972, at the last official survey prior to the incorporation, there were only 2438th At that time, less than 20 % of all dwellings were equipped with sanitary facilities, nearly 90 % had electricity. In 1997 there were about 1,500 people in the locality. Many of the houses are empty in the winter and be used in summer as a holiday cottage.

In addition to the three Finnish ex-MP Juho Aromaa (1878-1956), Kalevi Lamminen (* 1935) and Juho Vesterlund was also the two-time bronze medalist at the Olympics in cross-country season, Toini Pöysti ( born 1933), born in Ahlainen.