Sammatti (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑmːɑtːi]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Lohja in the beginning of 2009.
Sammatti | |
|---|---|
Former municipality | |
| Sammatin kunta Sammatti kommun | |
 Sammatti Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sammatti in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°19′15″N 023°49′15″E / 60.32083°N 23.82083°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region) |
| Consolidated with Lohja | 2009 |
| Area | |
• Total | 85.06 km2 (32.84 sq mi) |
| • Land | 72.01 km2 (27.80 sq mi) |
| • Water | 13.05 km2 (5.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,365 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 18.8% |
| • 15 to 64 | 65.1% |
| • 65 or older | 16.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,365 (31 December 2008)[2] and covered a land area of 72.01 square kilometres (27.80 sq mi). The population density was 18.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.1/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
It was the birthplace of one of Finland's most famous writers, Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Kalevala.[5]
Villages
editPrior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2009, Sammatti contained of the following villages:
|
|
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Suomen pinta-ala kunnittain 1.1.2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Kuntien asukasluvut suuruusjärjestyksessä". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Majamaa, Raija (2014). "Lönnrot, Elias (1802–1884)". The National Biography of Finland. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
External links
edit
Media related to Sammatti at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of Sammatti municipality (in Finnish)
- Genealogy of families in Sammatti (in Finnish)