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Pornainen

Pornainen (; ) is a small municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The neighboring municipalities are Askola in the east, Mäntsälä in the north, Porvoo in the southeast and Sipoo in the southwest. It is located east of the town of Järvenpää.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Pornainen
Settlement.other_name: Borgnäs
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: 2016 Pornainen 06.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The Pornainen Church on the background
Settlement.image_shield: Pornainen.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x80px
Settlement.image_map: Pornainen sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Pornainen in Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uusimaa
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Helsinki sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Metropolitan area
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Helsinki metropolitan area
Settlement.seat: Kirveskoski
Settlement.leader_title: Municipal manager

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Politics
Notable people
Twin town
References
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The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The administrative centre of municipality is Kirveskoski (about 2,000 residents), also known as ''Pornainen's church village'', and second largest village is Halkia (about 500 residents). The population density is .