Taivassalo
Taivassalo (Finnish: [ˈtɑi̯ʋɑˌsːɑlo]; Swedish: Tövsala) is a municipality of Finland, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the city of Turku. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,678 (31 December 2021)[2] and covers an area of 217.68 square kilometres (84.05 sq mi) of which 77.23 km2 (29.82 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.0/sq mi).
Taivassalo Tövsala | |
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Municipality | |
| Taivassalon kunta Tövsala kommun | |
Taivassalo Church | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Taivassalo in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°33.7′N 021°36.5′E / 60.5617°N 21.6083°ECoordinates: 60°33.7′N 021°36.5′E / 60.5617°N 21.6083°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Vakka-Suomi sub-region |
| Founded | 1155 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Vesa Rantala |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 217.68 km2 (84.05 sq mi) |
| • Land | 140.44 km2 (54.22 sq mi) |
| • Water | 77.23 km2 (29.82 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 284th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,678 |
| • Rank | 274th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.95/km2 (31.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.6% |
| • Others | 1.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52.6% |
| • 65 or older | 34% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.taivassalo.fi |
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Its neighboring municipalities are Kustavi, Masku, Mynämäki, Naantali, Uusikaupunki and Vehmaa.
The medieval sailing ship appearing in the coat of arms of Taivassalo refers to the maritime connections the coastguard already had during the Northern Crusades, as well as to the medieval naval weaponry, the surviving information of which comes from Taivassalo itself. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson, and the Taivassalo municipal council approved it at its meeting on October 21, 1953. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on February 11, 1954.[6][7]
Name
Taivassalo literally means "sky island", however J. A. Lopmeri and Elias Lönnrot theorized that the initial word was originally taival/taipale, as the area was originally an island, by the time of the naming it may have been connected to the mainland by a thin isthmus (taipale) as a result of post-glacial rebound. The Swedish name Tövsala is an adaptation of the Finnish name.[8]
History
Taivassalo was first mentioned in 1350 as Thowesalu, when it was already a separate parish. It also included Velkua, Kustavi (originally Kivimaa) and Iniö until the 19th century. [9][10]
Notable people
- Emma Irene Åström (1847–1934)
- Reima Salonen (born 1955)
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 165. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
- ^ "Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat I:13 Taivassalo" (in Finnish). Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
- ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 442. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
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External links
Media related to Taivassalo at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Taivassalo – Official website