Askola

Askola () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Monninkylä is the largest village of the municipality in terms of population (1,326 inhabitants). Neighbouring municipalities are Myrskylä, Mäntsälä, Pornainen, Porvoo and Pukkila.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Askola
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Church of Askola in Finland.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Askola church
Settlement.image_shield: Askola.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x80px
Settlement.image_map: Askola sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Askola in Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uusimaa
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Porvoo
Settlement.leader_title: Municipal manager
Settlement.leader_name: Annu Räsänen
Settlement.established_title: Charter
Settlement.established_date: 1896
Settlement.blank3_name: Climate

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Villages
Demographics
Urban areas
Services
Politics
Economy
People born in Askola
References
External links

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Askola is one of three municipalities in the Uusimaa region that do not have a Swedish name; the others are Nurmijärvi and Mäntsälä.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Askola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.