Salo, Finland

Salo [ sɑlɔ ] is a city in southwestern Finland. At the beginning of 2009, the nine municipalities Halikko, Kiikala, Kisko, Kuusjoki, Muurla, Perniö, Pertteli, Särkisalo and Suomusjärvi were incorporated into the town of Salo. After this fusion community Salo has 54 873 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) and an area of ​​2,000 km ².

Geography

Salo is located in the southwest of Finland to the east the landscape Varsinais -Suomi 52 km east of Turku and 114 kilometers west of the capital Helsinki. The main town of Salo lies on the lower reaches of the river Salonjoki ( Uskelanjoki ) just before its confluence with the elongated bay Halikonlahti. Just a few hundred meters west of the mouth of the river Salonjoki Halikonjoki also opens into the Halikonlahti Bay.

In addition to the actual core of the city is part of the administrative city area since a large congregation merger at the beginning of 2009, a vast area in the surrounding areas with a total area of ​​2062 km ² (slightly less than Luxembourg ). This area is mostly rural with structured individual intervening settlement centers ( taajama ). The landscape is typical for Varsinais -Suomi, dominated by agricultural land, woodland and rivers. The metropolitan area also includes portions of the offshore archipelago in the Archipelago Sea. Salo to include the northeastern tip of the island Kimitoön the place Angelniemi as well as the archipelago of Särkisalo, comprising the islands Isoluoto, Ulkoluoto and Pettu and numerous smaller islets.

Neighboring communities of Salo are Sauvo and Paimio in the West, Marttila and Koski Tl in the northwest, Somero in the north, Lohja in the east, Raseborg in the south and toward the sea in the southwest Kimitoön.

History

After the Christianization of Finland the parish Uskela was founded in the area of ​​Salo in the early 13th century. From this gradually the later towns in the area seceded. Salo was mentioned probably in the early 15th century to a chapel of the parish church Uskela and is first documented in 1490. At the chapel community Salo was at this time also the later Muurla. Beginning of the 16th century, the wooden chapel of Salo was replaced by a stone church. After the Church of Uskela was badly damaged on Christmas Eve 1825 by a landslide and had to be demolished, it was decided that the parish church of Uskela not rebuild in the same place but at the site of the chapel of Salo and the chapel community Salo back to the parish Uskela to unite. The old chapel was demolished, the new church was built in 1831-32, designed by Carl Ludwig Engel. This Salo was now the center of the parish Uskela.

Salo soon grew to be a populous city and was established in 1887 initially as a so-called non-independent market town ( kauppala ) from the community Uskela solved. That same year, Salo was hit by a major fire devastated large parts of the town. Salo but soon recovered from the disaster, so the market town in 1891 finally gained municipal autonomy. When connected to the railway network in 1899 and the settlement prospered Salo soon grew beyond the administrative boundaries of the borough. Therefore, in 1932 parts of Uskela Salo were slammed shut, causing the population Salo more than tripled. The city was chartered Salo 1960. In 1967 eventually the rest of the community Uskela was incorporated into Salo.

As part of the ongoing restructuring of the Finnish municipalities there came the beginning of 2009 in a large municipality fusion, in which the nine municipalities Halikko, Kiikala, Kisko, Kuusjoki, Muurla, Perniö, Pertteli, Särkisalo and Suomusjärvi united with Salo. This doubled the population of Salo, the area vervierzehnfachte to do almost from 143 to 1,987 square kilometers.

Population

At the beginning of 2009, Salo had 54 777 inhabitants. Almost half of the population (around 26,000 people ) living in the urban area Salo prior to the incorporation, the remainder in the surrounding countryside. 94.6 % of the population speak Finnish as their native language Salo, Finland Sweden set at 1.0%, only a small minority. Thus, the city is officially monolingual Finnish speakers. Of the former municipalities Salo had Särkisalo ( Finby ) a Swedish -speaking population of around one tenth and was officially bilingual. Through the incorporation to Salo went the bilingual status Särkisalos but lost.

Policy

The City Council of Salo, the highest decision-making authority in local affairs, the three major parties in the country are on par roughly. In the election period 2013-2016 is at a significantly reduced total number of seats (53, previously 75), the Conservative-Liberal Coalition Party as strongest party 14 seats, followed by the Social Democrats with 12 deputies. The Center Party, which enjoys strong support, especially in the rural areas of Finland, also comes to 12 seats. Also represented in the City Council are the right-wing populist " True Finns " with 7 seats, the Green collar with 3, the Left Alliance with 2, and the Christian Democrats with a deputy.

/ -: Unlike the previous elections in 2008

Turnout was 58.1 % in 2012.

Economy

As early as the 1920s began in Salo with the production of radio technology. What then started with radios, continued with computer monitors and mobile phones. Main employer in Salo is Nokia. The in 1979, Nokia established production facility in the last 850 people were employed by the mobile phone production, was closed in November 2012. The production of computer monitors ended in 2004.

Twinning

Twin cities of Salo are:

  • Anija Estonia, Estonia
  • Estonia Elva, Estonia
  • Gárdony Hungary, Hungary
  • Hungary Nagykanizsa, Hungary

And the North europäischenen cities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Susanna Heikari ( born 1977 ), former Finnish football player
  • Tanja Karpela (born 1970 ), Finnish politician
  • Jyrki Nieminen ( born 1951 ), former Finnish footballer
  • Sauli Niinistö ( born 1948 ), President of the Republic of Finland
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