Hauho Explained

Hauho
Official Name:Finnish: Hauhon kunta
Swedish: Hauho kommun
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Tavastia Proper
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Hämeenlinna sub-region
Established Title:Charter
Established Date:1868
Extinct Title:Consolidated
Extinct Date:2009
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:443.37
Area Land Km2:354.53
Area Water Km2:88.84
Population As Of:2008-12-31
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:3934
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Info1:% (official)
Demographics1 Info2:%
Demographics1 Info3:%
Demographics1 Info4:%
Demographics2 Title1:0 to 14
Demographics2 Info1:%
Demographics2 Title2:15 to 64
Demographics2 Info2:%
Demographics2 Title3:65 or older
Demographics2 Info3:%
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:61.1722°N 24.5625°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Hauho is a former municipality of Finland. It was situated in the province of Southern Finland and is today a part of the region of Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland).

Hauho was amalgamated with the municipality of Hämeenlinna on 1 January 2009. Prior to the amalgamation, Hauho – which was unilingually Finnish – had had a population of 3,934 (31 December 2008)[3] and covered an area of 443.13km2 of which 86.42km2 was water. The population density was .

It has been calculated that Hauho lies at Finland's "population-centre" (Weber point), that is to say: the point in Finland closest on average to the place of residence of every inhabitant of the country.

Lakes Iso-Roine, Hauhonselkä, and Ilmoilanselkä are located in Hauho.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area by municipality as of . . Land Survey of Finland . PDF . Finnish, Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110807140011/http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2008.pdf . 2011-08-07 .
  2. Web site: Population by municipality as of . . Population Information System . Population Register Center of Finland . Finnish, Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202145510/http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/029EEED89C84611BC22575350052CE3A/%24file/081231.html . 2010-12-02 .
  3. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/54A237331305AC01C225751900325A7C/$file/081130.html Population Register Center of Finland