Siuntio

Siuntio [ siuntiɔ ] ( swedish Sjundeå [ ʃʉndɛəo ː ] ) is a municipality in the south of Finland. It is located in the countryside Uusimaa 50 km west of the capital Helsinki. Siuntio bordered to the east by Kirkkonummi, to the west and to the north by Ingå Lohja and Vihti. In the south Siuntio has a short coastline on the Gulf of Finland.

The largest population centers of Siuntio are the town center and the area around the station. 37 % of residents are of Siuntio Finland Sweden. The community is officially bilingual with Finnish as majority and Swedish as a minority language. Siuntio has a population growth of 1.5-2 % and benefits from the proximity to the capital Helsinki. Due to the influx of people from other parts of the population increased 1970-2006 from 3259 to 5522nd At the same time, the share of Swedish-speaking inhabitants who still constituted the majority until the late 1970s reduced. During 1970, worked in the agriculture and forestry over a quarter of the population, there were 2004 only 4%. Today, over 70 % of the population work in the service sector, many commute to Helsinki.

It is named after the river Siuntio Siuntionjoki ( swedish Sjundeå å). Literally sjunde å " seventh river ". One theory was the river this name because it is the seventh river east of Aurajoki. The Siuntiojoki flows in the north and east of the municipality because of the natural areas. The south and west, however, are more influenced by agriculture. Off the coast Siuntios are some minor archipelago.

The first mention of Siuntio dates from the year 1382. The stone church of the village was built in the second half of the 15th century. The patron saint of the church is St. Peter. The estates Suitia and Sjundby were built in 1540 and 1560. Later they belonged to several noble families. The writer Kivi stayed from 1864 to 1871 in Siuntio and wrote here his novel Seven Brothers. After the Second World War, Finland had in 1944 to lease the area of ​​Porkkala for 50 years to the Soviet Union. At the field included a district in the municipality area of ​​Siuntio. The Soviet Union gave Porkkala but as early as 1956 in Finland back.

Coat of arms

Description of coat of arms: In the blue emblem with a silver key is located between two silver wave bar to the right and the beard with a cross outbreak pointing down. The key grip is a quatrefoil. In the municipal coat of arms is the key, the symbol of Peter.

Sons and daughters

• Karl- August Fagerholm (1901-1984), Social Democratic politician and Prime Minister
• Mikael Boström (born 1970 ), orienteers
• Pernilla Karlsson (* 1990), singer